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restorative

[ri-stawr-uh-tiv, -stohr-] / rɪˈstɔr ə tɪv, -ˈstoʊr- /




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She told The Times she has been assigned to a restorative justice drug court and consulted on police misconduct cases for the public defender’s accountability unit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Increasingly, the focus is shifting toward what the brain is actually doing during the night and whether that sleep is biologically restorative.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The potential for conflict bursts into the open at a seaside home that has been in Ye-ji’s husband’s family for years, where the group has decamped for a supposedly restorative holiday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

"This technology could help millions of people get the restorative sleep they need."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Gabe,” Mom says like she’s beginning a business meeting, “we want you to know that we’re proud of you for taking responsibility for your actions and agreeing to participate in this restorative justice program.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

These three restoratives are great to share with others as well, and can be easily brought over to anyone who may be on the mend — a little warmth and brightness for the gray days.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022

Chains such as Lush, the U.K.-based company with 200 U.S. stores, and Ulta Beauty, which has 1,100 stores, have both benefited from rising demand for moderately priced cosmetics, bath gels and other personal restoratives.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2020

Subsequently he was removed to Wagner’s hotel, where restoratives were administered by the attending physician.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2019

Barnips Lozenges, Coltsfoot Rock, and Teddy Gray's Herbal Tablets are among the old-fashioned restoratives still occupying a place in our medicine cabinets.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2016

Sleep was without doubt the best of all restoratives, but Nature craves sustenance, and she was almost certainly starving.

From Maid of the Mist by John Oxenham




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