ameliorative
Example Sentences
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Most of the ameliorative stretching exercises I found on YouTube blamed excessive desk work or smartphone use for such injuries.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2019
However, no matter how many ameliorative measures are adopted, this truth will remain: There is no way gracefully — without unseemly accommodations — to graft onto universities an enormously lucrative entertainment industry.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017
The thrill of the ameliorative solution is built into our mythology of the modern, right there on Baker Street, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2014
The condition of the American people when the New Dealers assumed office demanded ameliorative action, and this they strived to deliver.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2011
The rare visits of Roger, never highly ameliorative, were none the more so now; the grisly wrestling with realities does little to promote the exudation of balm.
From With the Procession by Henry Blake Fuller