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Recent Examples of palliative
Eleanor Dearman
updated August 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
Doctors could only offer palliative care, easing her pain.
—Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Pilar Ingle, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
Both are palliatives but not cures to the challenge of creating a unified legal function capable of serving the needs of digital/AI-era business.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The law also opens up the program to people facing terminal illness and those in hospice or palliative care.
—Eleanor Dearman
updated August 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
Doctors could only offer palliative care, easing her pain.
—Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
Yet, there are few options for palliative and end-of-life care for unhoused people.
—Pilar Ingle, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
Both are palliatives but not cures to the challenge of creating a unified legal function capable of serving the needs of digital/AI-era business.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliative
Adjective
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Scientifically, preventive medicine is always preferred over curative, but what happens when there is neither prevention nor cure?—
Hany Demian,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The brand’s eye-specific product packs a punch courtesy of antioxidants, fine line–erasing peptides, and Persian silk tree extract (the latter is both a preventative and curative measure against dark circles and puffiness).—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At higher doses, kratom can be used as a sedative and potentially cause psychosis.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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In a twist, Harrison manages to stab Prater with a sedative that Dexter slipped him episodes before, and Prater collapses.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bernardo lamented the success teams were having on the break against City after their defeat against Al Hilal in the Club World Cup in July, but City are giving teams a taste of their own medicine, with Haaland leading these rapid attacks.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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For Peter Chin-Hong, MD, an infectious-disease specialist and a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, many questions remain unanswered about the ACIP stance.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Sowed in the fall, these cold-hardy plants work hard to improve soil throughout winter by decreasing compaction, preventing erosion, providing habitat for beneficial insects, and keeping weeds from taking over.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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Raw garlic contains more allicin, while cooked garlic still supplies antioxidants and other beneficial compounds.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Eagles haven't been able to throw the ball really at all this season, and now Hurts doesn't have his security blanket at the right tackle spot.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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However, gold prices carry volatility of their own, especially when buyers enter the market at a high point, risking losses instead of a security blanket.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It’s made with hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid and vitamin E, and it can even be paired with your favorite lip balm or gloss — without staining the applicator — for an extra boost of moisture.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Double-cleanse with Aprilskin cleansing balm, Eminence daily exfoliating cleanser, Thayer’s toner, Glow Recipe blackberry retinol, and Farmacy honey halo moisturizer.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The media outlet said Arc’teryx’s attitude and its proposed remedial measures would be the focus of overseas consumers’ attention.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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Publicly celebrate measurable wins to build and reinforce behaviors that are creating momentum, and design any course revisions as strategic positioning changes, not remedial fixes, to keep teams engaged and forward-looking.—
Matthew Ross,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Screenshots from a September 12 TikTok video of a cleft palate puppy using a pacifier to mimic his nursing littermates.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the photos, Wharton had his daughter on his hip, who wore a child-size hospital gown and had a pacifier in her mouth.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Palliative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palliative. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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