salutary

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Big picture: The smaller trade deficit in January might have one salutary effect: It could help pad the increase in gross domestic product in the first quarter.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

One salutary side effect may be to encourage hospitals to improve patient care at lower cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

It will have the most salutary effect in the area of medical diagnostics and devices.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Finally, the Espionage Act is a strict liability law, meaning that a defendant’s intentions — whether salutary, malevolent, purely selfish or some combination thereof — are entirely irrelevant.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2024

He was like a salutary tonic; with him, she could only inhabit a higher level of goodness.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie