road to recovery

noun phrase

: the process of becoming healthy again
She had a stroke recently but is on the road to recovery.

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Tyreek Hill now 32 years old, facing a long road to recovery. Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 But the road to recovery didn't always follow a straight line. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025 Ravishankara notes that on the long road to recovery, scientists expect to see some better years and some worse years. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025 This started a long road to recovery for Neil. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for road to recovery

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“Road to recovery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20to%20recovery. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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