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Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 13 May 2025
Animal welfare advocates argue trainers are masking pain to run injured horses, while horse racing professionals say that many of those drugs are comparable to providing palliative care to professional human athletes and are part of the humane management of a performance animal.
—Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Rob Picheta, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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
Entering palliative care does not mean that treatment will stop.
—Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 13 May 2025
Animal welfare advocates argue trainers are masking pain to run injured horses, while horse racing professionals say that many of those drugs are comparable to providing palliative care to professional human athletes and are part of the humane management of a performance animal.
—Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Noun
Proponents of the bill say assisted dying can bring dignity to terminal patients at the end of their lives, averting months of suffering and physical decline, and easing pressure on the country’s palliative, or end-of-life, services.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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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What has remained consistent is that a short walk by even a spot of trees or some lapping water can be curative for me.—
Liesel Davis,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 June 2025
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Pharmacies that sold curative tonics started adding sweeteners and other syrups; then, serving the mixtures got easier.—
Liza Weisstuch,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
Noun
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The Mayo Clinic says that kratom can be used in low doses as a stimulant, and at higher doses as a sedative.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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To name a few: Anti-seizure drugs, antidepressants, and sedatives are all known to cause dizziness as a side effect.—
Rachel Nall,
SELF,
17 June 2025
Noun
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So, cannabis is a medicine, People need to have access to it.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are also working on oral GLP-1 medicines.—
Rachel Fieldhouse,
Scientific American,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Earlier research from 2013 also highlighted video games' ability to enhance problem-solving skills, suggesting video games are more beneficial to cognitive development than previously thought.—
George Toh,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Both experts say that dry brushing, the physical exfoliant that sloughs away dead skin cells, can be beneficial to keeping strawberry legs at bay.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Mike Tomlin wanted Smith as a quick-outlet security blanket for the 41-year-old Rodgers.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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Josi in particular always looked at his best with Fabbro serving as a defensive security blanket.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Noun
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This season is all about light-catching balms, pearlescent creams, and tone-matching highlighters that melt into the skin.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
27 June 2025
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Bonus: Pockets to stash your lip balm, passport, or boarding pass mid-transit.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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So, there were evidence in that discussion where the CDC directors had to provide some, quite frankly, remedial assistance to help brief these members on the basis of vaccine science.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 June 2025
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Some members of Congress could benefit from a remedial course on presidential authority.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Testers appreciated that smaller bottle parts and pacifiers fit in the lid of the sterilizer.—
Olivia Campbell,
Parents,
24 June 2025
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Three Men and a Baby Three handsome Manhattan bachelors (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson) find their dating rituals irreparably damaged when an unexpected new roommate — complete with crib, pacifier and diaper — shows up on their doorstep.—
Lesley O'Toole,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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“Palliative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palliative. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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