as in antidotes
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
a tropical vacation is a surefire rectifier of the midwinter blues
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Recent Examples of rectifiers
Technicians will replace obsolete components, including transistors and rectifiers, before rebuilding and testing each unit.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Once inside the sites, the group collected equipment, namely rectifiers.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Like inverters, these rectifiers can also be controlled as VSMs, with the only difference being the direction of the power flow.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2025
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Once inside the sites, the group collected equipment, namely rectifiers.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Like inverters, these rectifiers can also be controlled as VSMs, with the only difference being the direction of the power flow.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectifiers
Noun
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Burkut and the rest have local antidotes for the problem.—
Magdalena Stawkowski,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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Keep shopping for cold-hand antidotes from Amazon, below.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If OpenAI is found liable, Gonzalez Rogers will hear arguments for the remedies phase, which is scheduled to begin on May 18.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Governments are responding to the external shock with subsidies and other fiscal remedies.—
Juan Pablo Spinetto,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The second-busiest port in the world, Singapore has the potential to play a significant role in shaping practical, scalable solutions for improving the sustainability of global maritime trade.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
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If your mom’s kitchen or apartment is tight on space, lean into vertical solutions.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Many of the technologies being used in the Enhanced Games are advents of extremely wealthy people spending enormous sums in strange clinics on therapies for themselves.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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They can then be used later if technology matures to allow cloning or stem cell therapies to multiply the follicles.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Rectifiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectifiers. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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