restorative
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When so much of our public life is mediated through phone screens, dubious algorithms and national outrage, there is something sincere and restorative about a neighborhood potluck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Couture’s” three principals rarely interact with one another, but those meaningful exchanges argue that, amid the mad clatter of the everyday, a brief, unguarded moment with a stranger can be supremely restorative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Killik & Co 'A Seed in Time' Garden, designed by Baz Grainger, offers a calm and restorative space for families while drawing on Britain's wetland heritage and the realities of climate change.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
When travel is safe, restorative, and active, it may do more than create memories.
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
I got this one typed up as Miss Volker stretched out on the couch and took a restorative nap.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
I call them restoratives, as they replenish and nourish me.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
Chains such as Lush, the U.K.-based company with 200 U.S. stores, and Ulta Beauty, which has 1,100 stores, have both benefited from rising demand for moderately priced cosmetics, bath gels and other personal restoratives.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2020
Subsequently he was removed to Wagner’s hotel, where restoratives were administered by the attending physician.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2019
Barnips Lozenges, Coltsfoot Rock, and Teddy Gray's Herbal Tablets are among the old-fashioned restoratives still occupying a place in our medicine cabinets.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2016
It is getting home, I believe; home and its peacefulness are the best restoratives.
From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.
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