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
Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2025
Meanwhile, the therapeutic keto diet for conditions like epilepsy or cancer follows a 3-to-1 or 4-to-1 ratio of fat to carbohydrates and protein.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
The therapeutic food is prescribed if a child's arm measurements or height-to-weight ratio are significantly below average.
—Marc Silver, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
As the landscape of cannabis consumption evolves, many individuals, particularly older adults, are exploring ways to harness its therapeutic benefits without experiencing significant psychoactive effects.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Beyond the personal/therapeutic use of the word, Beerbohm and Davis explore gaslighting as a political phenomenon.
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Thereafter, medicinal use of the gas was gradually accepted.—
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Houston Farmer's Market Houston Go on a sensory journey through some of the freshest produce, mixes of culinary and medicinal spices, and colorful trinkets at the Houston Farmers Market.—
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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.—
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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.—
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Because there is no remedy for migrants who have already been deported, the ACLU lawyers asked the Supreme Court to provide guidance to lower courts about what measures are required for adequate notice to contest deportations.—
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However, by the time Biden became incapacitated, that constitutional remedy was available for use.—
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Next up, Gomez Hidaka is set for the indie drama The Wilderness, about teens who attend a wilderness therapy program in Utah’s desert.—
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Donors include prominent names in psychedelic circles, including author Michael Pollan, Dr. Bronner’s Soap and businessman Austin Hearst, who backed Colorado’s initiative to legalize psilocybin therapy.—
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When production starts in late 2025, the site will deliver rare earth magnet solutions ready for electric-drive motors, wind turbines, and high-performance aerospace systems — compressing a 13,000-mile logistics chain to roughly 85-acres.—
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Assuming the city has any integrity left, the solution is a revote based on current, accurate facts presented in a transparent ballot measure.—
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“Therapeutic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therapeutic. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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