as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
talking over my problem with you has been good therapy
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Recent Examples of therapy
Cancer and vaccine therapy 3D illustration.
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
By Ayesha Gulzar, PharmD Ayesha Gulzar is a clinical pharmacist interested in medical research, pharmacy practice, and medication therapy management.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Advanced diagnostics and cutting-edge therapeutics, such as new cancer treatments and weight-loss medications, are transforming people’s lives and bodies but come at steep costs compared to previous therapies.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
In all of those cases, the patients had run out of other options, and the organs were transplanted not through a standard clinical trial, but under special rules that permit compassionate use of experimental therapies for people in especially dire situations.
—Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
By Ayesha Gulzar, PharmD Ayesha Gulzar is a clinical pharmacist interested in medical research, pharmacy practice, and medication therapy management.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Advanced diagnostics and cutting-edge therapeutics, such as new cancer treatments and weight-loss medications, are transforming people’s lives and bodies but come at steep costs compared to previous therapies.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
In all of those cases, the patients had run out of other options, and the organs were transplanted not through a standard clinical trial, but under special rules that permit compassionate use of experimental therapies for people in especially dire situations.
—Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for therapy
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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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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Some psychedelics studied as therapeutics also have been commonly used as recreational or spiritual drugs.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Notably, the weight loss measured for both investigational therapeutics was less than rates observed for patients treated with available sub-cutaneous injectable options.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Therapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therapy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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