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Adjective
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There are no curative treatments or vaccines for Guinea worm disease.—
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025 -
Meanwhile, the Give Kids a Chance Act would have encouraged scientists to combine drugs to find curative combinations that work for children, Goodman said.—
Andrew Stanton,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Existing federal law already provides for possible remedial actions to confront this problem.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The order directs the Attorney General to investigate federal policies of the past four years and to recommend appropriate remedial action.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Buyers who have sought relief from the city have gotten nowhere: Emails, phone calls and meetings have prompted no corrective action.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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These moves underscore how crucial the pardon power really is: the last possible corrective when the criminal justice system imprisons too many people and punishes them too harshly.—
Abdallah Fayyad,
Vox,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The finish is crisp and clean with refreshing acidity.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Plus, its signature citrus and sandalwood fragrance transforms wash day into a refreshing, luxurious experience.—
Erin Parker,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Guests will also receive a nutrition consultation aimed at eating better to live longer, along with healthful meals packed with superfoods.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
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Even worse, while peeling a healthful banana was against the rules, opening a bag of potato chips was apparently fine.—
Peter C. Baker,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Red cabbage is more salubrious than green cabbage due to its pigmentation, indicating the presence of anthocyanins, which are present in all plant tissues in the red to purple spectrum.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
2 Jan. 2024
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Overall, however, short-term economic indicators seem to offer a salubrious outlook for company stock performance.—
Bruce Brumberg,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Breadfruit has been proven to have medicinal qualities (possibly addressing aspects of colon cancer and treating blood pressure), and a tea made with its leaves is said to induce sleep.—
Elaine Savory,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
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These industry standards are applied to medicinal products seeking to be imported into the European Union, ensuring pharmaceutical-grade quality.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But melding such salutary principles with capitalism risks their being deleteriously diluted.—
By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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The price surge had the salutary effect of easing the government’s debt burden, and the nation’s budget went into surplus for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.—
Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Alleviative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleviative. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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