ameliorating

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Whatever you think of their intended goals, they would also have an unintended effect of ameliorating one of the worst features of the property tax: its localism.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2025

To establish its functional roles for ameliorating constipation in humans, the researchers used a clinical trial and a human-to-mouse fecal microbiota transplantation experiment in combination with metagenomics and metabolomics.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

If Petro can fill the role of a balanced mediator, he stands to gain regionally by reviving commercial relations between Colombia and Venezuela, and internationally by ameliorating one of the hemisphere’s most nagging crises.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023

While ameliorating climate change is a big advantage of getting rid of cars, it is hardly the only reason to do so.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2023

She had a notion about the air down here and its ameliorating effects on the circulation.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead