as in medicinal
tending to cure disease or restore health
gentle exercise can be therapeutic for hospital patients
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as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
some charitable work might be the best therapeutic for that guy's total self-absorption
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Recent Examples of therapeutic
New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
These movements supplement therapeutic exercises without straining your joints.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2025
Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
Impressively, 75% of participants were using just the implant and no other therapeutics after just 12 months.
—New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
The researchers set out to examine whether people with higher TMAO levels were more likely to have an aneurysm, whether those levels predicted faster growth and progression, and whether TMAO could be used as a biomarker or even a therapeutic target.
—New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
These movements supplement therapeutic exercises without straining your joints.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
Human bodies, for instance, are not yet equipped to degrade mirror molecules, so therapeutics based on such molecules could prove to be more stable and durable than current ones.
—Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
Impressively, 75% of participants were using just the implant and no other therapeutics after just 12 months.
—New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for therapeutic
Adjective
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While the approach is based on science, the atmosphere is far from medicinal.—
Sherrie Nachman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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The antidote to perfectionism is shifting the focus from control to connection.—
Adrienne Farr,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025
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Snowy Day is an important antidote to this false concept.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Creating majority-Black districts in the South has been a longstanding remedy to the historic dispersal of minority populations across multiple districts to dilute their voting power.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The big tech giant won’t be required to sell its Chrome browser — one of the remedies originally requested by the Biden-era Department of Justice.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This may include therapy, medication and social support, depending on the case, according to NAMI.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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With tools like the Lyma Laser Pro ($5,995) boasting cold laser technology and NuFace leveraging micro current and red-light therapy ($595 for its most advanced set), approved by hundreds of dermatologists and influencers alike.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An in-use wiping cloth should still be wet and somewhat clean from being in a sanitizing solution when at rest.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The solution is to rejuvenate your plants every two to three years by digging and dividing the clump.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Therapeutic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therapeutic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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