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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 yet, the Spanish giants’ epic trip to the Kazakh capital is a salutary reminder that European football can, occasionally, still feel like a journey into the unknown.
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Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Perhaps there’s something salutary about being thrown off-balance, the novel suggests.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
But Morticia has been a constant, salutary reminder of the magic of romantic feeling — something otherwise underrepresented in the Addams universe.
—Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 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
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It is also expected to be especially beneficial for less experienced boaters who may need additional support at the helm.—
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Working with clay can be a relaxing experience and provide a beneficial creative outlet for both children and adults.—
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The Panthers are pretty darn healthy this time of year compared to many teams, and that has undoubtedly helped.—
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We’re trapped by recent history — the prior year’s numbers for healthy players are the top factor in every projection.—
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The main threat will be in the morning into the afternoon hours where conditions will be more favorable for severe development.—
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This matchup, then, could be favorable for the Birds.—
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In the first half, the defensive activity and competitive spirit were far better against the league’s best team, a night after Miami came up woefully short in both of those areas against the league’s worst team.—
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Despite being given three power plays in the first, the B’s were not good at all on the man advantage.—
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Comfy, cozy quilts are equally helpful for both hot and cold sleepers.—
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DeZao says one of AI’s most helpful features is its ability to receive instructions and do its work while the human employee can remain focused on the task at hand.—
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The curtains were drawn so that it was dimly lit even during the daytime, and a medicinal smell filled the room.—
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Tay and his team express hope that in the near future, the microneedle approach will be a significant component of vertical and urban food and medicinal farms.—
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Crystal Mountain, Michigan Founded in 1956 as a community ski area, Crystal Mountain (28 miles southwest of Traverse City) has become a destination for healthful, pampering getaways.—
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The founders of the social media-savvy store — all in their mid-20s, first-time grocers, and one of them a Miami native — feel Nude Miami is feeding into a Miami trend of shoppers seeking healthful eating options.—
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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.—
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At a moment as troubled as this one, to escape from this time into time itself is somehow salubrious.—
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“Salutary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salutary. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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