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healthful

[helth-fuhl] / ˈhɛlθ fəl /
ADJECTIVE
good for health
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But they want us to work on improving the system to make it more healthful and sustainable and fairer to workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

One of the best green juices in the city is made by a retired engineer committed to providing healthful options to her neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Travel writers praised the region’s moderate temperatures and lack of humidity — dry, but not too dry — and described its healthful effects as almost miraculous.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

In fact, neuroimaging studies show the brains of children who eat more processed snack foods are smaller in volume, particularly in the frontal cortices, than those of children who eat a more healthful diet.

From Salon • May 28, 2024

“I wonder . . . I believe our aunt would recover faster at our estate in Charleston. She could sit in the sun for hours and breathe the healthful air. Don’t you agree?”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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