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Recent Examples of palliative
Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Almost all of them were already on hospice and/or palliative care (94.8%), and most died in the comfort of a home (85.3%).
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 July 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
Doctors could only offer palliative care, easing her pain.
—Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Almost all of them were already on hospice and/or palliative care (94.8%), and most died in the comfort of a home (85.3%).
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 July 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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Embracing a curative culture appears to require a great deal of effort on the part of leaders.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Procedures and treatments are rewarded while preventative and curative methodologies remain undervalued.—
David Marks,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Yet, unlike cortisol, oxytocin will have an effect on your body akin to that of a sedative.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Didn't go to the hospital just took Benadryl [antihistamine and sedative] for about two weeks.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Goldenberg’s path to medicine began at a young age.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The substances in the reports included common household products such as pain relievers, antihistamines, cold medicines and vitamins, the study said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Much of the discrepancy here is likely tied more to sleep than to something inherently beneficial about getting up at the crack of dawn.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
4 Sep. 2025
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That’s what enables The Foundation Drops to be so beneficial to the skin.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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But Taylor could be Fields’ offensive security blanket in third down situations.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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To achieve the bruise-like purple that Ortega wears in the show, Jalalvand combined the lip liner and mixed it with a clear lip balm base to give the shade a softer look.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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This Apple Butter Cleansing Balm — the first cleansing balm for the brand — has a rich, apple-butter–like texture and a delicious crisp apple scent.—
Jackie Fields,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Individuals with troublesome tax histories should seek advice on potential exposure and consider remedial steps.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Arsenal tend to use that window for remedial business to address issues caused by injuries — if at all.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The decorated soccer played added several snaps of him and Harper embracing one another throughout the years, including an adorable photo of Harper as a toddler with a pacifier in her mouth hugging David.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Toddler boy, 17 months, carrying baby doll with pacifier in mouth.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Palliative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palliative. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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