ameliorative

Definition of ameliorativenext
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ameliorative
Adjective
  • Find that ‘challenge network,’ who won’t just be the echo chamber, but will be those that question you in a constructive way.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Cutler also underlined the potential value of the world's two largest economies holding constructive talks.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • Jules helps Logan manage his crush on Hannah and pushes him to be supportive of their mother who’s in rehab for the fifth time.
    Jennifer McClellan, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • The Connecticut Restaurant and Hospitality Association, the trade association representing the state’s restaurants and hotels, was especially supportive of another provision in the bill that would have allowed a portion of the sales-and-use tax to be dedicated to tourism funding.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
Adjective
  • But in a bleak youth job market, there’s a growing recognition that crossing the graduation stage is not always enough to put young people on a path to gainful employment.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The goal is to prepare these students for their future jobs by developing the skills needed to find gainful employment.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 28 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • This is in large part because 401(k)-type plans became more common and, according to the paper, displaced more liquid and less remunerative forms of saving such as checking accounts.
    Allison Schrager, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This mundane enterprise turned out to be reasonably remunerative.
    Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
Adjective
  • Paramount’s live-action/CGI hybrid film series has proved incredibly lucrative at the global box office, grossing a collective $1 billion.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • Through a barrage of advertising and on-campus information sessions, investment banking sold itself as the most attractive, lucrative, and secure job for top students.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
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“Ameliorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ameliorative. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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