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Recent Examples of reparative
Color Wow Dreaming Advanced Repair & Resurfacing Treatment Fried hair was revived once this reparative mask worked its magic.
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Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Heard recommends starting with a gentle cleanser, followed by an essence or serum with hydrating and reparative ingredients, and finishing with a moisturizer rich in ceramides and fatty acids.
—Essence, 31 July 2025
Her godsends: Pantene's Miracle Rescue Regenerative Hair Oil — a super reparative product rich with vitamins and antioxidants — and a wig for her concerts (more on that below).
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 31 July 2025
Powered by peptides, vitamin C, and fruit extracts, depending on the flavor, this has all the makings for a reparative and replenishing formula.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 July 2025
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Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Heard recommends starting with a gentle cleanser, followed by an essence or serum with hydrating and reparative ingredients, and finishing with a moisturizer rich in ceramides and fatty acids.
—Essence, 31 July 2025
Her godsends: Pantene's Miracle Rescue Regenerative Hair Oil — a super reparative product rich with vitamins and antioxidants — and a wig for her concerts (more on that below).
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 31 July 2025
Powered by peptides, vitamin C, and fruit extracts, depending on the flavor, this has all the makings for a reparative and replenishing formula.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reparative
Adjective
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These include prophylactic vaccines, which prevent cancer, and therapeutic ones, which protect women who have already had breast cancer from getting it again.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2025
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Clients often ask Lisa Shows to make promises or guarantees about therapeutic outcomes.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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
Adjective
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There is something deeply restorative about it.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Through the compassionate yet rigorous structures of restorative justice and the generosity of two people who might have spent their lives hating him, Dunne changed course.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Reparative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reparative. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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