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redemptive

[ri-demp-tiv] / rɪˈdɛmp tɪv /


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He understood, as he sang in “Ring of Fire,” that love could be painful as well as pleasant and that either way it was redemptive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

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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