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
Hey, maybe we are curing these patients,’” Dr. Hortobagyi said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
“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
At the same time it acquires an odor—familiar to us when we are curing a cold—that neither of the original gases had.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
