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Recent Examples of palliative
Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
In Samantha’s professional opinion, the most humane option is to switch her to palliative care, rather than keep subjecting her to painful and almost certainly futile treatments.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
This shift to at-home care should benefit UnitedHealth Group, which owns primary, hospice, palliative, and at-home care providers and enablers including Optum, LHC Group, Landmark, Summit Home Care, and NaviHealth.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
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Adjective
Sexton was later transferred to Noah's Arc Cancer Centre at the University Hospital of Wales, which provides palliative care for children with life-threatening illnesses.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
In Samantha’s professional opinion, the most humane option is to switch her to palliative care, rather than keep subjecting her to painful and almost certainly futile treatments.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
Paper palliatives will not address the world’s present emergencies.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
This shift to at-home care should benefit UnitedHealth Group, which owns primary, hospice, palliative, and at-home care providers and enablers including Optum, LHC Group, Landmark, Summit Home Care, and NaviHealth.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliative
Adjective
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There has been some scientific research into whether these curative feelings can be backed up by actual findings.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2025
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Some herbalists consider yarrow (Achillea spp.) to be the most medicinal plant in the world, with curative properties that extend to every organ of the body.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Among the issues in the appeal is the state’s use of the drug etomidate as a sedative before other lethal-injection drugs are administered.—
Jim Saunders,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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His career was dealt a blow in 2021 when he was convicted of illegally purchasing and using the sedative propofol.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2025
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It was also used to season foods, mixed into drinks, combined with medicines, and given as a gift.—
Nina Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Mar. 2025
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One reason is that the group's clinics are absorbing some of the patients who have lost their doctor to concierge medicine.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Though fluoride is seen as beneficial by medical experts, its use in drinking water has sparked a debate ignited by Kennedy, who has been a vocal opponent of fluoride use.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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In theory, moving some greater amount of electronics manufacturing to U.S. soil could be a beneficial strategy.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But Warren could be an excellent security blanket for whoever is under center.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Schwarzenegger also showed off cuddle pillows and a security blanket personalized with her kids’ names — both made by Comfort Silkie.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To hydrate the skin of his body, Momoa counts on Triumph & Disaster’s restorative body balm.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Also referred to as petroleum jelly, which is the primary ingredient of Vaseline, it was invented during the 1800s as a cure-all balm and has become a household staple since.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Ben Moore faces an active bench warrant after being inadvertently released from jail prematurely last year while serving time for a remedial contempt charge in his divorce case.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Aside from a remedial story that wouldn’t impress anyone over the age of 15, a big issue that permeated God of War, as well as several of its sequels and prequels, was its treatment of women.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Tove wore a pair of pale pink shorts and a white T-shirt, while her pacifier lay next to her stomach.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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If Love Is Blind insists on continuing to cast babies, the decent thing to do is give them a pacifier.—
Nic Juarez,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Palliative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palliative. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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