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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
Perhaps there’s something salutary about being thrown off-balance, the novel suggests.
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Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Yet Xi probably sees such suffering among the high command as having a salutary effect.
—Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025
Deep fakes may indeed have salutary uses in educational settings.
—Daniel J. Feldman, The Conversation, 17 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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Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Yet Xi probably sees such suffering among the high command as having a salutary effect.
—Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025
Deep fakes may indeed have salutary uses in educational settings.
—Daniel J. Feldman, The Conversation, 17 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
See All Example Sentences for salutary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salutary
Adjective
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During sleep, heart rate and blood pressure drop too, which is beneficial for the little vessels in your brain.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Sep. 2025
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Foliage color can vary between individual trees, which is why planting–and shopping–in fall is beneficial.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The final mix includes botanicals, minerals, and vitamins such as holy basil for stress response, curcumin to promote a healthy immune response, konjac root to address oil production, and probiotics to optimize the microbiome.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Wizards have emphasized growth and long-term planning under a new front office regime, but keeping key players healthy has been a challenge.—
Grant Afseth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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So, all in all, hair questions seem like a favorable thing.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Sep. 2025
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Political stability, a favorable family-office regime, independent courts, and Mandarin fluency made Singapore a natural draw for China's super-rich.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The extra point was good but there was a holding penalty on the Rebels.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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After 10 tumultuous years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kadri delivered his best campaign with the Colorado Avalanche in 2021-22, posting 89 points in the regular season and finishing by hoisting the Stanley Cup.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These offer a helpful guide to behaviors with positive effects.—
Tracy Brower,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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This can be helpful for people who have back and knee pain.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Garlic honey can be made at home and has potential culinary and medicinal uses.—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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At the top, nestled among medicinal plants and fruit trees, sits a yellow house with white latticework and a porch that opens to a view of the hills.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lubetzky launched Kind in 2004, aiming to create snacks that were both healthful and socially responsible.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Now’s the time to enjoy them in a healthful and elegant appetizer.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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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Los Angeles Rams → Chelsea With the respective lures of Los Angeles and salubrious west London, both these clubs have a big market feel.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Salutary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salutary. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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