redemptive
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He understood, as he sang in “Ring of Fire,” that love could be painful as well as pleasant and that either way it was redemptive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
There is no way to make the social revolution America is experiencing painless, but it is still in our power to make it redemptive.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2025
Adoption among these organizations is still talked of as a being a redemptive choice.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025
He will gain a rapturous following this week, coming in as a redemptive and all conquering hero of Augusta.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
Indeed this tragic event may cause the white South to come to terms with its conscience.3 Dr. King was right, but that redemptive work wouldn’t start happening right away.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Vocabulary lists containing redemptive
"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Vocabulary from texts about the 1963 March on Washington
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