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alleviator

[uh-lee-vee-ey-ter] / əˈli viˌeɪ tər /


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Major, a professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter, added: "The reality is that a teacher these days is a counsellor, a social worker, a poverty alleviator and a guardian of respectful values."

From BBC Apr. 4, 2026

Most of the air-quality improvement came overnight into Friday, with rain acting as a final alleviator.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2022

“And I can go to the stores if it does rain52 and go up in the alleviator, for I brought my little umbrella.”

From The Twin Cousins by Sophie May

Months passed before the captain's equanimity became restored; but time, the alleviator of sorrow and best soother of a turbulent spirit, brought a favourable change.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant

As we went up the beautiful, open-work alleviator, I felt, oh, that this thing was swinging me off to Jonesville, acrost the waste of sea and land.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Marietta Holley




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