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ameliorative

[uh-meel-yuh-ray-tiv, -mee-lee-uh-] / əˈmil jəˌreɪ tɪv, -ˈmi li ə- /


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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

It is emotional, altruistic, at best ameliorative, aiming to meet the individual situation as it arises and presents itself.

From The Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger


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