salutary

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A salutary outcome no longer exists; that ship has already sailed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Big picture: The smaller trade deficit in January might have one salutary effect: It could help pad the increase in gross domestic product in the first quarter.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

One salutary side effect may be to encourage hospitals to improve patient care at lower cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

It will have the most salutary effect in the area of medical diagnostics and devices.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Jealousy had got hold of him: she stung him; but the sting was salutary: it gave him respite from the gnawing fang of melancholy.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë