curable

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Recent Examples of curable The disease is curable and often treated with a standardized course of drugs that usually includes antibiotics. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025 Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) remains a persistent health threat across the world. Peter Sands, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 Monica Potts: The Carter Center has been a leader in the eradication of disease around the globe — especially diseases that affected those in poverty but were otherwise curable or preventable. Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024 Many common causes of hypopigmentation, including genetic disorders, are not curable. Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for curable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curable
Adjective
  • Illogically, these remediable ordeals have gone on for decades, like the Tijuana River pollution disaster.
    Vincent Blocker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Government has provided incentives for wind and solar since the 1970s; the problems that remain are inherent, not entirely remediable.
    WSJ, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2022
Adjective
  • The condition may be reversible, and its symptoms could look a lot like dementia. Need a break?
    David Oliver, USA Today, 24 May 2025
  • People with Type 1 diabetes can manage symptoms with insulin and are advised to follow a diet high in vegetables and fiber, but the disease isn’t reversible.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 23 May 2025

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“Curable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curable. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

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