curing 1 of 2

present participle of cure

curing

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of curing
Adjective
The family has also raised nearly $10 million toward curing childhood cancers, mostly for the Children’s Cancer Research Fund to advance life-saving pediatric cancer treatments for children without options. Mark Tatge, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 They could also be set to task curing disease, discovering new technologies, and hastening the global transition to a green economy, according to their most optimistic proponents. Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Aug. 2025 The company highlighted that CureAssure is a specialized chemical additive designed to enhance the curing process of concrete. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025 More than a month curing in a wet brine. Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curing
Verb
  • Carlo is credited with healing a 4-year-old Brazilian boy who had a serious pancreatic malformation and a 21-year-old Costa Rican woman who was near death after a bicycle accident.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • June Shaver's skin grafts were still healing, with scarring and related swelling only now starting, Larry Shaver said.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump and his hogmen are co-opting actual Nazi lingo from the gutter of the internet, speaking in references only Fox News viewers and Q-Anon adherents can parse, and rehabilitating the r-word as some sort of edgy pose that the rest of us learned was cruel in middle school.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Among them was Simon Walsh, owner of Nature Island Dive, who opened his shop more than three decades ago and is now pioneering new ways of rehabilitating coral infected by waterborne diseases.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Embracing a curative culture appears to require a great deal of effort on the part of leaders.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Procedures and treatments are rewarded while preventative and curative methodologies remain undervalued.
    David Marks, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The funding and additional personnel are aimed at alleviating the growing case backlog, which is nearly 4 million cases.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Furthermore, the company continues to benefit from AI demand outstripping supply, alleviating concerns about potential pricing pressures.
    Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • It was also said to be improbable that a player of Paqueta’s standing would engage in spot fixing due to the risks to his career, his wealth and a lack of interest in gambling.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Look into weatherization improvements, like fixing leaky doors and windows that allow heat to escape, as well as installing solar panels and heat pumps.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • According to recent studies, they are poorly absorbed and frequently dosed below therapeutic levels.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Zen Donkey’s for-profit side of the business (the juices, smoothies and more) fuel her non-profit donkey rescue, Zen Donkey Experience which also provides a therapeutic experience for people in need of mental health services, including kids with special needs.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There is optimism that the imminent return of Ryan Gravenberch, suspended against Bournemouth following a red card in the final fixture of last season, will go some way to remedying Liverpool’s struggles to defend fast breaks.
    Jack Bantock, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Strong relationships, communicating any delays and remedying any hiccups in transport can be the difference between losing that customer over one incident versus continuing to do business with them for the long term.
    Toni Pisano, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • While the approach is based on science, the atmosphere is far from medicinal.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In Ryan Coogler’s 2025 blockbuster, Sinners, Wunmi Mosaku plays a woman named Annie, who makes a living by supplying her neighbors in Clarksdale, Mississippi, with homemade medicinal cures.
    Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025

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