as in healthy
beneficial to the health of body or mind
there's nothing like the sanative value of a good night's sleep
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Adjective
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Holly took three significant lessons from her years in healthcare consulting and used them to lay the groundwork for Sapphire and Salt’s mission: The U.S. population is continuously less healthy, with chronic preventable diseases increasing.—
Jennifer Pierce,
USA Today,
9 May 2025 -
Now 2-and-a-half years old, the quadruplets are healthy and keep their family busy.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Thereafter, medicinal use of the gas was gradually accepted.—
Andrew Yockey,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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Houston Farmer's Market Houston Go on a sensory journey through some of the freshest produce, mixes of culinary and medicinal spices, and colorful trinkets at the Houston Farmers Market.—
Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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So there’s always lines that are news to me and in a good way.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2025
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There is also a good smattering of creations from Louis Vuitton, which is the show’s lead sponsor and where Virgil Abloh served as creative director of men’s collections and was succeeded by Pharrell Williams.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Along with a clean and healthful environment, the Montana Constitution also grants rights to pursuing life’s basic necessities, protecting liberties and protecting property.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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People’s lives today lack diets of healthful whole foods, clean water, regular exercise, and adequate sunlight.—
Kevin Reutenauer,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His Canadian ploy was not salutary or deliberate, and the justifications that were marshaled in its defense made no sense either for him or for the United States.—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
29 Apr. 2025
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In Syria, ramping up support to U.S. allies on the ground would have a similarly salutary effect on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s diplomatic initiatives.—
Linda S. Robinson,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Dec. 2015
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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Others wondered whether his election will have salubrious effects on Pakistan’s shambolic economy, foreign policy, or internal security.—
C. Christine Fair,
Foreign Affairs,
27 July 2018
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“Sanative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanative. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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