therapies

noun

plural of therapy
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 As this field has grown over the last five years, however, some drug developers have found that their experimental therapies inadvertently affect patients’ kidneys, liver, or bone marrow. — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 31 Aug. 2026 An in-house team of experts are stationed at the AVI Spa, offering a selection of unique therapies and signature treatments. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 At the Downey facility, there are peer groups, therapies, workshops and they are developing a unique pathway to housing specifically for seniors. — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Baeten also said Bixlenvo is part of Gilead’s broader effort to build a range of HIV treatment options around lenacapavir, including daily pills, weekly oral regimens and long-acting injectable therapies. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Lakeland School System in Shelby County currently has 29 special education students to whom it is federally required to offer pre-K services, including specialized teachers and therapies. — Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 27 Aug. 2026 My 84-year-old mother succumbed to pancreatic cancer while exploring experimental therapies after standard care failed. — Vicki Norton, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026 Those characteristics matter because breast cancer subtypes can behave differently and determine which therapies may be appropriate. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 24 Aug. 2026 To determine the safety of B7-H3-targeting CAR-T cell therapy, a team of researchers tested three doses of the treatment in a small cohort of patients whose cancer was not responsive to standard therapies. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for therapies
  1. antidotes
  2. remedies
  3. solutions
  4. therapeutics
Noun
  • Atkinson said the audience members were big fans, who especially seemed to enjoy the behind-the-scenes stories and the funny antidotes told by the panelists.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • And with the advent of AI-everything, cutouts are old-world antidotes, imbuing a cabinet with a sense of nostalgia, emphasis on craft, and cozy flair.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
Definition of antidotes
Noun
  • The trial, which got underway in an Oakland court last week, could result in billions of dollars in damages and forced remedies that could lead to an overhaul of Facebook and Instagram.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • However, surface-level remedies rarely resolve systemic frustrations.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of remedies
Noun
  • The center runs workshops on how to build air purifiers, how to measure heat and temperature in homes, and teaches solutions for treating those problems.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For many of its leading figures, from the Impressionists in the 1870s to conceptual artists a century later, this also meant proposing new and better solutions to the problem of how to be and how to live together.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of solutions
Noun
  • Merida is working on a new class of therapeutics for serious autoimmune and allergic diseases.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Last month’s vote by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel to ease peptide accessibility restrictions has sparked debate over the safety of this unproven class of therapeutics.
    — Lyndon Haviland, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of therapeutics

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“Therapies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therapies. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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