as in antidotes
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
talking over my problem with you has been good therapy
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Recent Examples of therapies
She was diagnosed at roughly 3 weeks old, and since then has been in a variety of therapies and sees several specialists, the mother added.
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Her own journey to restore her health through Western medicine and Eastern wisdom and love of alternative therapies led her to abandon her successful banking career and retrain in the Traditional Chinese Medicine which had helped her.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
Hormonal therapies may also be helpful for some patients, particularly when disease activity is influenced by hormonal fluctuations.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 May 2026
Programming usually combines physical treatments — therapies, hydrotherapy, fitness — with mental and emotional work like meditation, breathwork and sleep coaching.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Physical treatments — therapies, hydrotherapy, fitness — sit alongside mental and emotional work like meditation, breathwork and sleep coaching.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Nonopioid therapies are preferred and often as effective as opioids for chronic pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s opioid prescribing guidelines.
—Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
Other therapies include oral appliances to shift the jaw forward and open the airway, positional therapies to avoid back-sleeping, and myofunctional training to strengthen tongue and throat muscles.
—Erika Yamazaki, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
They can then be used later if technology matures to allow cloning or stem cell therapies to multiply the follicles.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Her own journey to restore her health through Western medicine and Eastern wisdom and love of alternative therapies led her to abandon her successful banking career and retrain in the Traditional Chinese Medicine which had helped her.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
Hormonal therapies may also be helpful for some patients, particularly when disease activity is influenced by hormonal fluctuations.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 May 2026
Programming usually combines physical treatments — therapies, hydrotherapy, fitness — with mental and emotional work like meditation, breathwork and sleep coaching.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Physical treatments — therapies, hydrotherapy, fitness — sit alongside mental and emotional work like meditation, breathwork and sleep coaching.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Nonopioid therapies are preferred and often as effective as opioids for chronic pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s opioid prescribing guidelines.
—Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
Other therapies include oral appliances to shift the jaw forward and open the airway, positional therapies to avoid back-sleeping, and myofunctional training to strengthen tongue and throat muscles.
—Erika Yamazaki, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
They can then be used later if technology matures to allow cloning or stem cell therapies to multiply the follicles.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for therapies
Noun
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Burkut and the rest have local antidotes for the problem.—
Magdalena Stawkowski,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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Keep shopping for cold-hand antidotes from Amazon, below.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Feb. 2026
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Instead, the decision should be seen as part of our larger national debate over whether, outside the most egregious cases, there is a role for race-conscious remedies in our continuing effort to build a more just society.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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Pros can use chemical treatments alongside natural remedies to solve your spider problem quickly and permanently.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Companies around the world have been scrambling to find solutions to supply disruptions since the US and Israel attacked Iran in late February, prompting the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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Suddenly, solutions feel easier to grasp, as people are more willing to compromise and collaborate.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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By studying how tissues can survive without oxygen, researchers can potentially develop therapeutics to treat conditions of oxygen deprivation, such as strokes.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
13 May 2026
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Moving cannabis to a Schedule III drug ushers in the end of the cannabis prohibition era and the beginning of the regulation era, potentially creating promising opportunities around research and new therapeutics.—
Carey S. Cadieux,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Therapies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therapies. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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