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as in cure
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
preferred to treat colds with a homemade remedy made from garlic
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as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
the mayor was desperately searching for a remedy to the recent surge in crime the city had been experiencing
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as in to cure
to bring about recovery from
a little extra studying should remedy your poor performance in history thus far this year
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as in to amend
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from
needed to wear glasses to remedy her bad vision
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Recent Examples of remedy
Charlotte Hu, Time, 14 May 2025
The lawsuit and any potential remedies threaten Google’s lucrative advertising business, and Alphabet shares sank more than 8% in trading Wednesday.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 May 2025
Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 24 Apr. 2025
Thursday’s virtual meeting, which was delayed for six hours after being hijacked by racist and pornographic images, was supposed to remedy those issues.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Finding remedies for malnutrition and its indignity Dr. Tahmeed Ahmed, executive director of ICDDR Bangladesh, spoke about how treating malnutrition improves human dignity for more than 200 million women and children worldwide.
—Charlotte Hu, Time, 14 May 2025
The lawsuit and any potential remedies threaten Google’s lucrative advertising business, and Alphabet shares sank more than 8% in trading Wednesday.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 May 2025
Verb
The best way to work through the energy is to find a middle ground; even agreeing to disagree is the best way to remedy the problem.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 24 Apr. 2025
Thursday’s virtual meeting, which was delayed for six hours after being hijacked by racist and pornographic images, was supposed to remedy those issues.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remedy
Noun
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Turner, the Indiana Pacers' standout 3-and-D center, would be a perfect cure for what ails the Warriors around the rim — but, as Marks points out, Turner seems likely to have played himself into an incredibly lucrative new free agent deal this summer.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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The mastermind behind covert action, Frank Wisner, never paused to consider that his cure for defeating an imaginary worldwide communist conspiracy was worse than the disease.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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Pope Leo can be, perhaps already is, the antidote to Trump and the fake Christian spirituality of evangelicals who support him.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Her upcoming book, The Empowered Hysterectomy: Your Complete Handbook to Diagnosis, Decision, and Treatment, launching on May 13, 2025, is the antidote to the lack of medically sound resources and the overwhelming amount of misinformation surrounding this procedure.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Others begin with We—healing teams, reshaping culture.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Days get easier, but there's no day where it's totally healed.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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The response was not enough for Rascon-Rivas, who started an online petition to amend the policy, the outlet reported.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The constitutional amendment, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Arkansas, would prohibit the state Legislature from amending or repealing constitutional amendments and require a statewide vote by the people before changing the state's direct democracy process.—
Neal Earley,
Arkansas Online,
22 May 2025
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She was later released on the conditions of her bail, including no consumption of alcohol, marijuana or non-prescribed drugs, and had to submit random tests for each.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Once again, these drugs are clearly marketed to CHILDREN.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The Civic Committee, Civic Federation and Better Government Association have consistently advocated for comprehensive solutions to address this major, intractable issue.—
Derek Douglas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Daimler Truck Financial Services USA provides financing and leasing solutions for the North America division.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Next steps: While the long-term plan is developed, short-term measures are being considered to alleviate traffic issues.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2025
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On a quiet pandemic afternoon in 2021, Zhiyuan Wang, then a graduate student at Rice University, was alleviating his boredom by working on a weird mathematical problem.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Wired News,
25 May 2025
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But given that Brendan was just carved up, Kev quickly corrects his mum.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
18 May 2025
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This story has been corrected to show that Boston and Reese got double technical fouls, not Clark and Reese.—
Michael Marot,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
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“Remedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remedy. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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