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
But the pope recovered from the worst bout of illness and was discharged last month, before convalescing at the Vatican.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 21 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
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William E. Lori, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
But the pope recovered from the worst bout of illness and was discharged last month, before convalescing at the Vatican.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 21 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convalesce
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Archaeologists recovered the skeleton in late 2025, and it is now being analyzed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Scant artifacts survived those conditions, and almost all the porcelain recovered from the site consisted of shards.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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He was injured in a car accident in New York City following the 1912 World Series, and two months later died aboard a train while enroute to California to recuperate at a sanitarium.—
Libby Cierzniak,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes spliced into proceedings by editors Dávid Jancsó and Ilka Janka Nagy with blink-like brevity, these flashbacks seemingly connote the intrusive thoughts and blackouts of an addled, recuperating mind.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Convalesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convalesce. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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