curing 1 of 2

adjective

as in curative

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verb

present participle of cure
1
as in healing
to bring about recovery from do you have anything that will cure my headache?

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2
as in rehabilitating
to restore to a healthy condition the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

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Recent Examples of curing
Verb
The water has more than 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt, creating more buoyancy than the Dead Sea, but without curing your skin to jerky. — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026 Until recently, the finest 3D printing available was stereolithography, and its method for printing high-resolution structures at the atomic scale required curing its resin with ultraviolet (UV) rays. — New Atlas, 19 July 2026 America at 250 seems stuck in a miasma of rival populisms that offer irreconcilable visions for curing what ails our country. — Will Marshall, Washington Post, 18 July 2026 They are preserved through curing, smoking or adding chemicals like nitrates and nitrites. — Lauren Manaker Ms, Health, 14 July 2026 By curing an entire structure in a single exposure, the new method removes those layer boundaries and produces a more uniform part. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026 Ultimately, curing female burnout requires a holistic approach that goes beyond temporary fixes. — Ginger Gentile, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 But a new treatment moving through the Food and Drug Administration clinical trials process may be key to treating, or even curing, depression and anxiety in postpartum people. — Camille Hoffman, The Conversation, 7 July 2026 Most at-home gel systems bundle an LED curing lamp, base coat, top coat, gel polish color and basic prep tools like a file and buffer. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curing
  1. curative
  2. healing
  3. rehabilitating
  4. therapeutic
  5. alleviating
  6. fixing
  7. medicinal
  8. remedying
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, there are cases where an individual’s illness is so advanced that there is no curative treatment available.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
  • For patients, the result could be faster access to curative therapies rather than waiting for annual budgets, coverage decisions, and funding constraints to catch up with scientific advances.
    — William V. Padula, STAT, 8 June 2026
Definition of curative
Verb
  • Through this referral program, patients would be connected to potentially healing cultural activities by their health care providers.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 30 July 2026
  • And for some parents, healing their kids' eating disorders can also mean healing themselves.
    — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of healing
Verb
  • Unai Emery’s penchant for rehabilitating flailing, once prodigious talents now extends to Alejandro Garnacho.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • His impressive presence, however, does not go unnoticed, especially with offensive spirit animal George Kittle rehabilitating on the side.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
Definition of rehabilitating
Adjective
  • Soak for 30 minutes to absorb the bath’s therapeutic benefits which include releasing tension, cleansing your skin, and relaxing your body.
    — Rana Good, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • When used as a therapeutic peptide, it’s usually administered through an injection.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of therapeutic
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  • Offseason inaction on the pitching side already riled folks up, though … and methinks alleviating that angst will require something more adventurous.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
  • Nvidia has secured what could be a $500 billion memory supply agreement with SK Hynix, potentially alleviating a concern as the memory market faces a global shortage.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Definition of alleviating
Verb
  • Sub-sections a and b prohibit fixing results and require players to disclose any betting offers made to them.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • However, a major concern is AI coding tools, as LLMs generate vulnerable code 44% of the time, necessitating rigorous scanning and fixing to prevent new security gaps.
    — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of fixing
Adjective
  • These Europeans did not similarly preserve the knowledge held by Caribbean communities about the plant’s medicinal uses.
    — Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
  • Marmots, woodland creatures whose raw viscera are believed by Siberians to have medicinal properties, are not infrequently hunted by poachers and sold at wet markets.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of medicinal
Verb
  • Taking the time to figure out where the block is happening and remedying it in a gentle manner is always the best way to go.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
  • Ahead, design experts share the five most glaring living room flaws, plus advice for remedying them.
    — Madeline Bilis, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
Definition of remedying

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