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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ameliorative
Adjective
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In reality, balancing recognition with constructive feedback enhances performance.—
Kunio Hara,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025 -
The opportunity and the need for Democrats is to answer with a constructive populism, a patriotic populism.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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An example is the programs that prepare people to leave correctional institutions for gainful employment.—
Len Fasano,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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To qualify, borrowers must be unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity due to a medical condition that is either terminal or has persisted for the last five years, or is expected to continue for another five years.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The job was not remunerative and there was no job security.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
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Over the next few years Trump will have major influence over antitrust policy, the development and use of artificial intelligence and the growth and prevalence of cryptocurrency, to name just some of the issues of vital and remunerative interest to the tech industry.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The lucrative fishing rights are set to run out in June 2026.—
Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Apr. 2025
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This is the nation’s agro-industrial heartland, and, thanks to irrigation canals, almost every inch of the floodplain is blanketed in lucrative export crops, such as sugarcane, asparagus and blueberries.—
Ari Caramanica,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Ameliorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ameliorative. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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