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alleviating

adjective as in medical

adjective as in soothing

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Example Sentences

This will reduce deaths and alleviate stress on health care systems.

From Fortune

They say that peeling potatoes and kneading dough lets the mind wander and alleviates stress.

From Eater

Zeta Smith, a longtime Starbucks executive who is now the CEO of the seniors unit at catering giant Sodexo, likewise noted that technology plays a key role in alleviating loneliness for those living in care facilities.

From Fortune

The move is aimed at alleviating strain on hospital staff who are being overwhelmed by the influx of patients.

It’s hard to say how storage management will look later in the console’s life cycle, but just like the previous generation, the frustration is somewhat alleviated with external hard drive support.

To present the GOP as a party committed to alleviating party.

And we believe what we are doing is alleviating our dependence on fossil fuels.

A 4% inflation rate now would do equal good alleviating the burden of mortgage and student debt.

It does not possess the means of alleviating its own distresses, much less of assisting others to any considerable extent.

More sagacious and astute, the wary mule seeks a different mode of alleviating his thirst.

Fasting and prayer seemed to have an alleviating tendency, yet they did not prevent the evil continuing in a mitigated form.

Some snow that covered the ground was eagerly devoured, but increased, instead of alleviating, their sufferings.

In short, life was too hard for them; it brought its constant cares without any alleviating pleasures.

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On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alleviating, such as: encouraging, reassuring, refreshing, soothing, abating, and allaying.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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