redemptive

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They’re playing redemptive basketball, witness Deandre Ayton finally showing up and proving he is truly the X factor on this team.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

That arc—and its thematic concern with the relationship-rending pressures of commercial success—replays itself here through the plot’s time-traveling machinations, but this time it’s given a happier ending, a redemptive lesson in the value of friendship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

"The record really takes you through a journey, with some powerful themes around conflict, but Olivia leaves you with a track about the redemptive power of love, which is a really poignant final note".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

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

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