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as in beneficial
promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
the low interest rates should have a salutary effect on business
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as in healthy
good for the health
increasing scientific evidence that a glass of wine a day is quite salutary
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Recent Examples of salutary
And, perhaps, a brutal estrangement from sources of power and patronage would be salutary in the long term.
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Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Deep fakes may indeed have salutary uses in educational settings.
—Daniel J. Feldman, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, for example, has argued that the bill’s fiscal effects would be far more salutary than would be indicated by the analyses offered by the Congressional Budget Office, which is Congress’s in-house budget scorekeeper.
—Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2025
The further cuts that are included are politically motivated handouts that make the tax code more complicated, undoing much of the salutary simplification from the TCJA.
—The Editors, National Review, 23 May 2025
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Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Deep fakes may indeed have salutary uses in educational settings.
—Daniel J. Feldman, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, for example, has argued that the bill’s fiscal effects would be far more salutary than would be indicated by the analyses offered by the Congressional Budget Office, which is Congress’s in-house budget scorekeeper.
—Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2025
The further cuts that are included are politically motivated handouts that make the tax code more complicated, undoing much of the salutary simplification from the TCJA.
—The Editors, National Review, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salutary
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Industry pushback and innovation concerns Some tech companies argue that such regulation could stifle innovation, limit beneficial uses of conversational AI (education, mental-health support for older teens) or impose heavy compliance burdens.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, most are weaker and can deliver beneficial precipitation to water supplies, according to NOAA.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Air frying is healthier, faster, and doesn't splatter grease all over your kitchen.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even when participants’ average blood pressure seemed healthy, those with the most erratic readings — combined with stiffer arteries — showed telltale signs of brain aging, the study found.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The measure’s approval allows Democrats to redraw congressional maps more favorable to their party in the nation’s largest state and keep up with Republicans who have moved to add potential new red House seats in Texas and elsewhere.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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By contrast, the Moon is a much more favorable environment by many metrics.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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However, on his eighth touch, Payne turned a good play into a disaster.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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Arsenal’s second-half performance here was arguably their best of the campaign.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Trinkets are either very helpful or very pointless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Supportive footwear or braces can also be helpful, when needed.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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For example, the Yucca Plant Quilt Block in Martin County is located on a historic site and features a medicinal plant used by the Tuscarora Indians.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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This four-star hotel has a gourmet restaurant, a fondue restaurant with panoramic views, a wine cellar, and a nearly 13,000-square-foot spa that offers treatments using medicinal mountain herbs.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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For most people, apples are a healthful choice.—
Health,
Health,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sometimes puddings can be surprisingly healthful and satisfying.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Bambino, Babe Ruth himself, came for spring training beginning around 1915 and credited the natural hot springs baths with having a salubrious effect on him.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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At a moment as troubled as this one, to escape from this time into time itself is somehow salubrious.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Salutary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salutary. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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