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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Promises of reform are mere palliatives.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I am not referring to adhoc arrangements or short-term palliatives.
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It was the primary purpose of reorganisation to recast local government in a way which would make such palliatives unnecessary.
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Official moves to alleviate the worst conditions were little more than palliatives.
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There is a need for a number of immediate short-term palliatives, as well as for a radical and bold long-term solution.
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These very palliatives, however, had also removed the stimulants to technical progress.