therapeutic
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In “Our Diaries, Ourselves,” the Chicago-based journalist offers tidbits from her daybooks while exploring the history, practices and therapeutic promise of what she has come to call Diary-land.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Peptide drugs, on the other hand, are manufactured to last longer in the body to create a therapeutic response, such as controlling appetite or promoting the growth of new blood vessels, bone density or muscle.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Again, not a word about the coercive therapeutic context in which vulnerable minors will be subjected to those “ideas” and pressed to implement them.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
Get Go is a homage to London, with snatches of pirate radio and a crisp two-step beat, articulating a story about the therapeutic feeling of dancing with strangers.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
For many black people in the region, watching the evidence that we had presented in court now laid out on national television was therapeutic.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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