ameliorative
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Most of the ameliorative stretching exercises I found on YouTube blamed excessive desk work or smartphone use for such injuries.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2019
After more than half a century of attempts at ameliorative social policies, it is undeniable that there exists an underclass trapped by the intergenerational transmission of poverty.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2019
The thrill of the ameliorative solution is built into our mythology of the modern, right there on Baker Street, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2014
The condition of the American people when the New Dealers assumed office demanded ameliorative action, and this they strived to deliver.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2011
It is emotional, altruistic, at best ameliorative, aiming to meet the individual situation as it arises and presents itself.
From The Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger
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