curative

Example Sentences

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Watt Smith’s “Bad Friend” proved a much-needed curative.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

So when my oncologist used the words "curative intent" in a meeting to discuss treatment, I felt a huge weight lift off my chest.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

"Also, the genetic mechanisms of disease that we have identified offer the potential to guide development of curative therapies," adds co-lead author Aaron J. Deutsch, MD, an instructor in the division of Endocrinology at MGH.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Even as a child, obsessed with music and comedy, he found his curative: “I had a need to become creative. I had to give birth to myself.”

From Salon • Feb. 29, 2024

Mom was big on the curative powers of sleep.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix