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
One strong antidote to this unhappiness is purpose.
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Julie Kratz, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Now, finally, there’s an antidote to this poisonous narrative: Apple Cider Vinegar, a new Netflix miniseries that inverts the traditional tropes with empathy and honesty.
—Alan Levinovitz, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Whether or not Framework has the antidote, Patel is right about the diagnosis.
—Luke Larsen, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2025
Bridget Jones, brainchild of Helen Fielding, became a lifeline for the regular Gen X woman in 1995 as the comfy antidote to heroin chic and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s sleek aesthetic that defined the era.
—airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
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Julie Kratz, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Now, finally, there’s an antidote to this poisonous narrative: Apple Cider Vinegar, a new Netflix miniseries that inverts the traditional tropes with empathy and honesty.
—Alan Levinovitz, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Whether or not Framework has the antidote, Patel is right about the diagnosis.
—Luke Larsen, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2025
Bridget Jones, brainchild of Helen Fielding, became a lifeline for the regular Gen X woman in 1995 as the comfy antidote to heroin chic and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s sleek aesthetic that defined the era.
—airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidote
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The National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a motion in Chicago’s U.S. District Court Thursday seeking the release of two people still detained and the enforcement of remedies to prevent unlawful arrests by ICE.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Capital One and Discover are rebounding from Monday’s decline as investors weigh the possibility of remedies if, in fact, the Department of Justice tries to block the merger.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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Integration Isn’t Instant Deploying AI for sales order processing isn’t a plug-and-play solution.—
Uli Erxleben,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The fledgling software was effective, leading to the launch of the full Nectar iQ software solution to support businesses across any industry or sector of the economy.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Join 41 others in the comments View Comments If so, the bar for buying into a cure for a new condition should be raised.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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For billions of people, TB is already a nightmare disease, both because the bacterium is unusually powerful and because world leaders have done a poor job of distributing cures.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Antidote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidote. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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