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as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom
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as in remedy
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer
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as in to heal
to bring about recovery from
do you have anything that will cure my headache?
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as in to rehabilitate
to restore to a healthy condition
the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection
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as in curate
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Recent Examples of cure
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
According to the Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types (FIRST) there is no cure for ichthyosis and treatment focuses on lifelong management of symptoms to improve skin comfort and reduce complications.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Doctors believe the new treatment could cure the child, but there’s nothing simple about it, Quiroga said.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
According to the Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types (FIRST) there is no cure for ichthyosis and treatment focuses on lifelong management of symptoms to improve skin comfort and reduce complications.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
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Noun
Loaded water is not a cure for poor sleep, a replacement for meals or a shortcut to weight loss.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
According to the Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types (FIRST) there is no cure for ichthyosis and treatment focuses on lifelong management of symptoms to improve skin comfort and reduce complications.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Verb
Let’s deliver the normal copy of the enzyme and cure that blockade.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Doctors believe the new treatment could cure the child, but there’s nothing simple about it, Quiroga said.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Noun
Loaded water is not a cure for poor sleep, a replacement for meals or a shortcut to weight loss.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
According to the Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types (FIRST) there is no cure for ichthyosis and treatment focuses on lifelong management of symptoms to improve skin comfort and reduce complications.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cure
Verb
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He also probably is not healed all the way.—
David Troy,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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But those things are going to heal.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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They’re still needed long after a kid is out of diapers, done with school, out of the house, employed, married, unmarried, unemployed, reemployed, remarried, rehabilitated, whatever.—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
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The 6-foot pipe, which transports 10 million gallons of wastewater a day, is nearing the end of its life and needs to be rehabilitated and eventually replaced, OC San officials said.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Packing motion sickness remedies ahead of time is an easy way to avoid scrambling if the ship starts rocking.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Civil Rights Act, which was enacted to remedy a history of denying the right to vote based on race, allows for inspection of voter-registration records but doesn’t overturn state privacy laws, according to civil rights lawyers.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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The fast growth of legal sports betting has also ushered in a slew of prosecutions against insiders seeking to fix elements of games, such as score margins or results of individual plays.—
Chloe Atkins,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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The law will require grocery stores to keep prices fixed for at least one business day and would ban the use of surveillance data in pricing systems.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Scientists have been zapping brains to alleviate depression for decades through a method called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
27 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, Overland Park approved a $1 million project to improve its storm sewer systems between Antioch and Switzer Roads near Indian Creek to alleviate flooding.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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The federal government has, to its credit, recently championed the use of estrogen to relieve symptoms of menopause.—
Andréa Becker,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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Menon will be relieving NASA astronaut Chris Williams, who will fly back home on a Soyuz with two cosmonauts soon after Menon’s arrival.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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“Cure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cure. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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