as in medicinal
tending to cure disease or restore health
gentle exercise can be therapeutic for hospital patients
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as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
some charitable work might be the best therapeutic for that guy's total self-absorption
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Recent Examples of therapeutic
Linda Marx, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Colorado voters approved Proposition 122 in 2022 to legalize natural psychedelics, after Oregon voters in 2020 approved legalizing psilocybin for therapeutic use.
—Kate Ruder | Kff Health News, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
Discover which herbs thrive in our region and explore their therapeutic and culinary uses.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Now, a research team from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and UConn Health has identified a potential therapeutic strategy to halt or reverse tumor growth.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
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Graf’s, based in Germany, provides therapeutic care for traumatized and persecuted children and their families.
—Linda Marx, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Colorado voters approved Proposition 122 in 2022 to legalize natural psychedelics, after Oregon voters in 2020 approved legalizing psilocybin for therapeutic use.
—Kate Ruder | Kff Health News, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
Discover which herbs thrive in our region and explore their therapeutic and culinary uses.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Now, a research team from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and UConn Health has identified a potential therapeutic strategy to halt or reverse tumor growth.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for therapeutic
Adjective
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The ‘Damu Ritual’ is a multi-sensory experience involving a steam room and rain shower followed by the application of mud sourced from the Austrian Alps and enriched with medicinal plants in homage to Damu.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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And yet there’s so many unbelievable medicinal properties that mushrooms that don’t even have psilocybin have to offer.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Baker & Borowski’s creations inspire people to connect with the natural world and are aimed at providing some visual endorphins as an antidote to the lack of green spaces associated with urban living.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Snow White herself does offer something of an antidote.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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In June, 1972, Roth issued the metropolitan remedy that the N.A.A.C.P. wanted.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The affected vehicles include: 2020 to 2021 S90 2020 to 2022 S60 2020 to 2022 V60 2020 to 2022 XC60 2020 to 2022 XC90 2022 V90 Owners are advised not to charge their vehicles until the remedy has been completed.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Heather Malin, a therapy intern working at two high schools in the San Jose Unified School District, said that while schools have many resources available, students might struggle with a lack of direction.—
Nanki Kaur,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Patients may also receive broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, fever reducers and pain relievers.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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My teeth were both crooked and overcrowded; in the 1960s metal braces were considered the solution.—
Valerie Monroe,
Allure,
28 Mar. 2025
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That was the idea all along — to seek long-term solutions rather than quick fixes.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Therapeutic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therapeutic. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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