as in remedy
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
hoped that taking dance lessons would prove to be an antidote for her loneliness
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Recent Examples of antidote
Domestically, while there is no antidote for Trump derangement syndrome, many who were sleepwalking to oblivion by devoting their lives to the radical Left are waking up to the necessity of joining the MAGA movement.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Anyone who relied on Black Twitter as a source of relief and entertainment knows the community served as an antidote to the constant gaslighting that comes with living in America.
—J Wortham, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Carnes said the series was conceived as an antidote to our isolated culture, siloed by social media, fragmented in our fraught climate along social and political lines.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
This led her to act on stage and then on screen, which was an antidote for her social awkwardness.
—Stuart Miller, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Anyone who relied on Black Twitter as a source of relief and entertainment knows the community served as an antidote to the constant gaslighting that comes with living in America.
—J Wortham, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Carnes said the series was conceived as an antidote to our isolated culture, siloed by social media, fragmented in our fraught climate along social and political lines.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
This led her to act on stage and then on screen, which was an antidote for her social awkwardness.
—Stuart Miller, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidote
Noun
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It is commonly used as a natural remedy for nausea and stomach upset.3 1.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
10 Feb. 2025
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While the state Assembly derailed that initial plan, forfeiting the grant, the push for a practical remedy to gridlock never died.—
DJ Gribbin,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Ahead of the summit, the United States warned of possible sanctions against Rwandan and Congolese officials, further raising the stakes for finding a solution to a conflict that is rooted in the long fallout from the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the struggle for control of Congo’s mineral resources.—
Reuters,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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Sitting back and inviting pressure, with an attack-minded squad weak in one-vs-one duels, does not appear to be a valid solution to Madrid’s issues.—
Thom Harris,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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Apple Cider Vinegar, which contrasts Gibson with two genuinely ill young women in her orbit who are searching for miracle cancer cures, comes at the crest of the latest wave of scam content.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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All the same, understanding a Morandi still-life is a pesky illusion that may overtake you, the cure for which is looking again, harder.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Antidote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidote. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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