as in to recover
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
the long months that the soldier spent in the hospital slowly convalescing
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Recent Examples of convalesce
For Pope Francis, being with people was far more important than convalescing.
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William E. Lori, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Its harm is felt when a reporter accosts a convalescing patient in the hospital, when a private detective peers through a neighbor's bedroom window for weeks, and when a photographer snaps an opportunistic photo of a woman's underwear.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
Rick though seems disgruntled — about the location and the food, and about the fact that the resort’s co-owner is convalescing from an illness in Bangkok and isn’t around.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
According to Lindbergh, Brown contracted pneumonia while convalescing from a fall.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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William E. Lori, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Its harm is felt when a reporter accosts a convalescing patient in the hospital, when a private detective peers through a neighbor's bedroom window for weeks, and when a photographer snaps an opportunistic photo of a woman's underwear.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
Rick though seems disgruntled — about the location and the food, and about the fact that the resort’s co-owner is convalescing from an illness in Bangkok and isn’t around.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
According to Lindbergh, Brown contracted pneumonia while convalescing from a fall.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convalesce
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Ultimately, the mystery tooth was extracted, and Owens is now recovering.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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The two tournament favorites advanced comfortably from Group B. Brazil scored 12 goals and conceded just one, while Colombia recovered from a goalless draw against Venezuela with emphatic wins over Paraguay and Bolivia.—
Neel Shelat,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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James Maddison may well be out for the entire season with a knee injury, while Dejan Kulusevski is still recuperating from knee surgery and Dominic Solanke missed plenty of pre-season.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The rear motor does use regenerative braking to recuperate electrons, but doing so only for the rear axle of a lightweight car occasionally caused strange dynamics.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Convalesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convalesce. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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