ameliorative
Americanadjective
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Most of the ameliorative stretching exercises I found on YouTube blamed excessive desk work or smartphone use for such injuries.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2019
However, no matter how many ameliorative measures are adopted, this truth will remain: There is no way gracefully — without unseemly accommodations — to graft onto universities an enormously lucrative entertainment industry.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017
The thrill of the ameliorative solution is built into our mythology of the modern, right there on Baker Street, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2014
The condition of the American people when the New Dealers assumed office demanded ameliorative action, and this they strived to deliver.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2011
In spite of all the other claims of the moment upon his readers' generosity, Mr. Punch trusts that this modest and most excellent ameliorative organisation will not be neglected.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920 by Various
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