cure
noun
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
are curing
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present progressiveof cure.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“We are curing obesity by encouraging frailty,” said Daniel Green, principal research fellow at the University of Western Australia, who contributed to the analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
“The grasses are curing now. They turn brown pretty quick,” VanWig said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
Seven years later, she and her staff are curing their own charcuterie, making short-rib empanadas and running a stylish cocktail speakeasy called Downstairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2018
“We are curing people of a horrible disease in a very rapid time frame,” John Milligan, Gilead’s president and chief operating officer, told analysts on Wednesday.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 23, 2014
However, this morbid frame of mind was overcome by firm dealing, and Aziz attended to him all night, and salol, etc., are curing him.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
