as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable a tropical vacation is a surefire rectifier of the midwinter blues

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Recent Examples of rectifier Finally, at the fourth stage, a high-frequency rectifier converts the high-frequency AC back to DC, and then sends it to the vehicle’s battery. Wally Rippel, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2025 The driver consists of four Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) arranged into a bridge rectifier circuit. IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2019 The rectifier — state of the art in the 1960s and long since discarded by NYC Transit’s sister railroad — is the Atlantic substation’s most modern component. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024 The Atlantic substation, which powers a section of the Fulton Line of the A and C trains, was already decommissioned once, in 2000, when its rectifier — a depression-era mercury-arc system — was deemed too old to continue safely functioning. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024 At the turn of the century, a group of rogue whiskey makers known as rectifiers were putting additives in spirits. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2024 This combination of antenna and rectifier (or converter) is called a rectenna. Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2021 The antenna routes that energy into an electronic rectifier circuit, which in turn uses semiconductors to convert it into a direct-current (DC) voltage that can charge or power a device. Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2021 This word, a portmanteau of rectifier and antenna, reflects how each element converts the electromagnetic waves into direct-current electricity. IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2022
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  • Steve was a wonderful antidote to Miranda, and Joy is a wonderful antidote in a very different way.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 20 June 2025
  • The Bottom Line: Strategy Stacking is the antidote to entrepreneurial distraction.
    Lewis Schiff, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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  • Former President Joe Biden's DOJ, riding a wave of anti-corporatism on the left, proposed a far-reaching set of remedies that strayed well beyond the original case.
    Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • If Google’s Ai Mode Succeeds? One possible remedy for content providers — which The Atlantic highlights — is to maintain direct access to their content consumers.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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  • Things eventually click into place when the questions have been addressed and solutions worked out.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Importantly, the polymer materials dissolve in standard conservation solutions, allowing future removal of the mask without damaging the original work.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
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    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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    Laura Lu, Parents, 17 June 2025

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“Rectifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectifier. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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