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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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Texas began solely using pentobarbital, a sedative, for executions in 2012.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
14 Oct. 2025
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Popular since the Soviet days, Validol, a mild sedative sold over the counter, flies off the shelves in tens of millions each year.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To ensure his son didn’t receive too much or too little of the lifesaving medicine, Damiano checked David’s blood glucose every hour and a half, rain or shine, day or night.—
Carrie Arnold,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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With Other Meals or as an After-Dinner Snack Including apples in any meal is a great idea, according to Anne VanBeber, PhD, RD, LD, a professor in food science and culinary medicine at Texas Christian University.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While the two companies have not had a commercial relationship in recent years, both Netflix and AMC are intrigued by the mutually beneficial opportunities that could arise from this and future collaborations.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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Hiking With Dogs Walking your dogs and taking them on hikes has been proven to be beneficial for both owners and canines by improving mental and physical health.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 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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And though the interiors are truly the star of the show here, don’t forget to peer through the floor-to-ceiling windows; views of Arthur’s Seat serve as a soothing balm.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Oct. 2025
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Once some hydration has soaked in, blot your balm off your lips for a drier base.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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More classes would also allow more opportunities for students to take remedial or make-up classes without getting off-track.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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The office has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism, hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color and providing remedial help for Black youth, all of which the administration says discriminates against white students.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This washes, sanitizes, and dries bottles, pacifiers, and even pumping equipment hands-free.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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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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“Palliative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palliative. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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