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as in healthy
beneficial to the health of body or mind
took a restorative vitamin mix to improve his immune system
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as in refreshing
having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind
I am in need of a long, restorative vacation
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as in medicinal
tending to cure disease or restore health
relocation to a milder climate proved to be just the restorative measure that was needed for the sickly child
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Recent Examples of restorative
According to the Mayo Clinic, restorative 3-D tattooing is a paramedical technique that uses shading and color blending to create a fake but realistic-looking nipple and areola.
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Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
Long-term use can leave you sleeping through the night in terms of hours while missing the restorative stages almost entirely.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Protect your energy by choosing restorative comforts at home.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The petite Thaleria Spa's magnesium pool proved unexpectedly restorative after a day trip to Balos Beach, while the main pool—an oval worthy of Poseidon's approval—is the property's social nucleus by day, stargazing sanctuary by night.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
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Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
Long-term use can leave you sleeping through the night in terms of hours while missing the restorative stages almost entirely.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Protect your energy by choosing restorative comforts at home.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The petite Thaleria Spa's magnesium pool proved unexpectedly restorative after a day trip to Balos Beach, while the main pool—an oval worthy of Poseidon's approval—is the property's social nucleus by day, stargazing sanctuary by night.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restorative
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Collins, Higgins and a healthy Tank Dell could be a lot of fun together.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Planting a tree is an investment in a future with more beauty and shade, less air pollution and flooding, and many other good things that a healthy canopy of trees brings to us and our communities.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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The guests, influenced by a secondhand spirit of festivity, ordered a round of Melonades, a refreshing, bittersweet concoction of vodka, lemon, and cantaloupe, topped with a heap of crushed ice.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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This month, a refreshing energy drink alternative, moreish Parmesan ranch potato chips, and our current favorite wood cutting board.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
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Experts will give informal tours of the various plant beds contained in the garden’s Chinese medicinal garden section, answering guest questions.—
Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Through direct and indirect exchanges with these communities, early settlers learned of Indigenous applications of sassafras and adopted them in their own preparations of medicinal teas and tonics from the root bark.—
Kari Traylor,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2026
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With the naked eye and especially through good binoculars, its conjunction with a slender crescent moon on May 18 will be very pleasing to see.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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May 21 – June 20 A good idea turns into real progress faster than expected.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.—
Eric J. Nestler,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dancing for me is just so healing and so therapeutic.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Brown emphasizes that his dishes are made with entirely healthful ingredients.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Or what if a nurse advised a patient to stop exercising or sleeping regularly, or eating healthful meals, or taking prescribed medications?—
Peter Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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That becomes this very healing social situation.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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Lemony Chicken Soup with Rice A bright jolt of citrus wakes up this curative, homestyle chicken soup.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
1 Apr. 2026
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Around the eleventh century, in Anglo‑Saxon England, instructions for an elaborate childbearing and mothering ritual were recorded by monks in the Lacnunga, a collection of medical texts and curative prayers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Restorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restorative. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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