as in curative
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as in healing
to bring about recovery from
do you have anything that will cure my headache?
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as in rehabilitating
to restore to a healthy condition
the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection
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Recent Examples of curing
Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Much of the Church’s engagement with Big Tech stems from the belief that AI can bear good fruit—reducing poverty, curing illness, spreading literacy—so long as its developers and users are well-intentioned and careful.
—Elias Wachtel, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
Polymeric sand contains additives that help the sand bind together after initial wetting, curing it into a harder, more durable surface.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
This curing process affects the final nutritional content of olives.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
Advancements in both detecting and curing cancer have resulted in a higher percentage of people surviving five years or more after diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society.
—Renuka Rayasam, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
If everything went right, the OpenAI founders believed, artificial intelligence could usher in a post-scarcity utopia, automating grunt work, curing cancer, and liberating people to enjoy lives of leisure and abundance.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
This could allow for greater design flexibility, as lower curing deformation results in fewer distortions during production.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
The dish notorious for curing a cold is a recipe that every home cook should keep in their back pocket for sick days and cozy nights alike.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
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For all the hype around artificial intelligence—from curing cancer to accelerating space travel—tech leaders have been quick to emphasize its upside.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Much of the Church’s engagement with Big Tech stems from the belief that AI can bear good fruit—reducing poverty, curing illness, spreading literacy—so long as its developers and users are well-intentioned and careful.
—Elias Wachtel, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
Polymeric sand contains additives that help the sand bind together after initial wetting, curing it into a harder, more durable surface.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
This curing process affects the final nutritional content of olives.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
Advancements in both detecting and curing cancer have resulted in a higher percentage of people surviving five years or more after diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society.
—Renuka Rayasam, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
If everything went right, the OpenAI founders believed, artificial intelligence could usher in a post-scarcity utopia, automating grunt work, curing cancer, and liberating people to enjoy lives of leisure and abundance.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
This could allow for greater design flexibility, as lower curing deformation results in fewer distortions during production.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
The dish notorious for curing a cold is a recipe that every home cook should keep in their back pocket for sick days and cozy nights alike.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curing
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Lemony Chicken Soup with Rice A bright jolt of citrus wakes up this curative, homestyle chicken soup.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
1 Apr. 2026
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Around the eleventh century, in Anglo‑Saxon England, instructions for an elaborate childbearing and mothering ritual were recorded by monks in the Lacnunga, a collection of medical texts and curative prayers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Yet neither approach had any factual basis, and any success either group had was likely due to the placebo effect—merely giving a patient special attention and the hope of a cure can be healing in itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jeremy Renner is getting real about his healing journey following his tragic snow plow accident in 2023.—
Janelle Ash , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Sea otter mentorship is at the forefront of a formal partnership between the Aquarium of the Pacific and Monterey Bay Aquarium, which has been rehabilitating sea otters since the 1980s, according to Long.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mahomes is rehabilitating from a knee injury suffered in Week 14 last season.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2026
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Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.—
Eric J. Nestler,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dancing for me is just so healing and so therapeutic.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The five-year, $11 billion project will add 16 miles of express lanes and a dedicated busway with the aim of alleviating traffic on one of Atlanta’s most stressful roads.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, the conflict is also likely to bolster demand for China’s world-leading green energy manufacturers as countries push to wean themselves off fossil fuel dependency, potentially alleviating a downward price spiral that recently pushed Beijing to curb solar overcapacity.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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If there’s ever a sign that baseball doesn’t need fixing, that’s it.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Far more important than the free grocery store with all of its issues, the mayor would best serve the city by fixing the streets and sidewalks.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Everything is locally sourced and grown in the organic gardens, including the special, sharp, low-sugar medicinal honey produced by the estate's stingless bees hives.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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One of those is 1920 Style Prohibition Whisky, a callback to the fact that Old Forester was granted a license to produce medicinal whiskey during the Noble Experiment.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 Apr. 2026
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Presuming that sons are already less social is not a recipe for remedying this bias.—
Lise Eliot,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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How to refill a saline lake Growing the lake is a much bigger and more expensive challenge than remedying the salinity problem.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Curing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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