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Around the eleventh century, in Anglo‑Saxon England, instructions for an elaborate childbearing and mothering ritual were recorded by monks in the Lacnunga, a collection of medical texts and curative prayers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026 -
Dunbar provided more than curative medicine.—
Anita Moncrease,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Some remedial improvements in base-running could help change that.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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The judge’s order stated that Empower continues to fail to perform satisfactorily despite the quality improvement plans, corrective actions and other remedial measures put in place by the state, and poses imminent danger to the children under its care.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Occasionally, King’s assistants, a pair of bulky guys with law-enforcement backgrounds, offered the stumbling line a corrective shove.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Council members and staffers have been grappling with cost estimates that peg corrective repairs to the City Hall building at $329 million and more than $1 billion for full modernization over 20 years.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Doing good feels as refreshing as a clean home.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2026
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Instead of refreshing prices every night after the kids go to bed, let the apps do the work and notify you when fares drop.—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Terranova, who leads a healthful lifestyle, was actually in acute heart failure.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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There are ways to ease the adjustment, including getting more sunshine to help reset your circadian rhythm for healthful sleep.—
Lauran Neergaard,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The tech is used by MLB and NFL teams, as well as Olympic athletes for its rehabilitative effects.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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The goal is to reduce wait times by having patients receive physician, diagnostic, operative and rehabilitative care all in one location.—
Lily O'Neill,
San Antonio Express-News,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Since its 2017 inception on the doorstep of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, bucket-listers and Hollywood A-listers (allegedly) have flocked to this most salubrious of base camps for gorilla trekking.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Dec. 2025
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The Bambino, Babe Ruth himself, came for spring training beginning around 1915 and credited the natural hot springs baths with having a salubrious effect on him.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Rhinos are targeted by poachers who kill them because of the high demand for rhino horn products for medicinal and other uses in parts of Asia.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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To investigate birch tar’s medicinal potential, the team extracted tar from modern birch tree bark, specifically targeting tree species known from Neanderthal sites.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Alleviative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleviative. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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