alleviative

adjective

as in curative

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleviative
  1. curative
  2. remedial
  3. corrective
  4. refreshing
  5. healthful
  6. salubrious
  7. medicinal
  8. salutary
Adjective
  • Reilly pointed to how her industry has done important work on curative or preventative medicines, such as a cervical cancer vaccine.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
  • If you are diagnosed at an early stage with a treatable liver disease, treatment can help improve your outcome and can often be curative.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of curative
Adjective
  • Karat Packaging is engaged in remedial actions to address these weaknesses and improve its internal control over financial reporting.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Yet the outcome stands to dictate whether Louisiana’s map can survive in future years and carry broader repercussions for how remedial designs can be drawn once a court strikes down a map under the Voting Rights Act.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of remedial
Adjective
  • Jesse Pound 48 Min Ago Market could see ‘corrective price action’ into year-end, Fairlead Strategies’ Katie Stockton says A volatile near-term market could benefit some major consumer staples names, Fairlead Strategies founder Katie Stockton told CNBC on Tuesday.
    Jesse Pound,Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The system constantly tracks data, makes forecasts, and then takes corrective action (such as lowering the indoor temperature).
    Jeff Wilser, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of corrective
Adjective
  • Lo-Fi Spritz Effortlessly Cool for the Wicked Crowd For a lighter, bittersweet sip, this spritz brings a refreshing twist to any Oz celebration.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For Prince William, who has such a great platform, to lend his voice, his resources into creating positive change is such a refreshing, wonderful thing to see.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of refreshing
Adjective
  • There are ways to ease the adjustment, including getting more sunshine to help reset your circadian rhythm for healthful sleep.
    ASSOCIATED PRESS, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The project works to develop innovative and sustainable food procurement criteria and create a more holistic, healthful food culture in schools.
    Danielle Nierenberg, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of healthful
Adjective
  • His contention seems to have been borne out: research increasingly supports a salubrious effect of democratic governance.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
  • After World War II, the American Army doctor Ancel Keys stumbled into the region, bought an old villa and devoted his life to studying the salubrious effects on the heart of a diet of olive oil, fish and fresh vegetables.
    Nina Burleigh, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Definition of salubrious
Adjective
  • Medicinal Mushrooms From coffee to candies, there is no shortage of medicinal mushroom products on the market.
    Marley Hall, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The regulatory ecosystem is working hard to catch up with the need to bring medicinal breakthroughs to market more swiftly, but quality and safety remain paramount.
    Aman Wasan, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of medicinal
Adjective
  • That kind of give-and-take seems rare in national life at the moment, but Boot touches on other aspects of Reagan’s leadership that are anything but salutary.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The results should make salutary reading for the U.K.’s new government, which has been talking a lot about the need for growth but also proposing new laws concerning workers’ rights and is believed to be contemplating higher taxes in its first Budget next month.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of salutary
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