salutary

Example Sentences

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But when it comes to children’s literature, judicious alterations can be salutary and help keep books in print that would otherwise fall out of favor.

From Washington Post

Ukrainian integration would have the salutary effect of forcing E.U. nations to take tangible steps to guarantee their own security.

From Washington Post

Yet he is unsure if the decision will have an entirely salutary effect.

From Salon

That perspective was an act of willful forgetting; the reckoning that has ensued in recent years is a salutary corrective.

From Washington Post

Just before it began, he sent a high-flown letter to The Times, which had once pontificated that “the hanging of a few of the desperados engaged in this business would have a salutary effect.”

From Los Angeles Times