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ameliorative

[uh-meel-yuh-rey-tiv, -mee-lee-uh-] / əˈmil jəˌreɪ tɪv, -ˈmi li ə- /


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And she said, “this one is better. It has these ameliorative features that the prior law didn’t have.”

From Washington Post Sep. 10, 2020

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

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

While the more stately scientific and educational aspects just enumerated are slowly on their way, the artists must be up and about their ameliorative work.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel




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