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redemptive

[ri-demp-tiv] / rɪˈdɛmp tɪv /


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Earnestness triggered our deepest national crisis in the 1860s and fueled the redemptive civil-rights movement a century later.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

There is no way to make the social revolution America is experiencing painless, but it is still in our power to make it redemptive.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2025

Adoption among these organizations is still talked of as a being a redemptive choice.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2025

He will gain a rapturous following this week, coming in as a redemptive and all conquering hero of Augusta.

From BBC May 12, 2025

And if every sadness, when it came, turned out at least to be redemptive in the end.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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