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Adjective
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When confined to the prostate, the cancer is potentially curable.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
19 May 2025 -
Taking on the American Psychiatric Association Kameny knew the nascent gay movement would stand or fall on the issue of whether homosexuality was treated as a curable illness.—
Evan Brechtel,
NBC news,
22 May 2025
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Illogically, these remediable ordeals have gone on for decades, like the Tijuana River pollution disaster.—
Vincent Blocker,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2023
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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
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Both can be layered with your other go-to Lululemon bras (and the Scoop and Square is even reversible!).—
Jessica Kasparian,
SELF,
8 July 2025
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Luckily, however, the effects on your brain are completely reversible, and after two months, return to normal.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
3 July 2025
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“Recoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoverable. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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