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
The landlords proceeded with their evictions, and the peasantry retaliated by outrage until the Liberal government, having failed to pass their ameliorative measure, was forced to have recourse to coercion.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various
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