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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

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

The East Stroudsburg Area School Board in Pennsylvania received a glowing 2025 restorative practices report from its director of secondary education, a “certified Restorative Practices trainer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

In adults, it could function as a long-term treatment or provide temporary protection until a restorative procedure becomes affordable or practical.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Debbie and Karl didn’t feel much need for restorative justice.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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

Yes, she had sent the servant upstairs to get the smelling salts and the ammonia; she had thought the restoratives might be needed.

From In Jeopardy by Van Tassel Sutphen




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