as in recovering
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as in recuperating
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 Synonyms for convalescing
Adjective
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Plus, its 3-hour battery life means less charging, and more recovering.—
Talene Appleton,
Men's Health,
31 Jan. 2023 -
She was taken to a hospital with punctures and lacerations and is stable and recovering.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2022
Verb
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Nine-time All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving tore his ACL last March, and will likely miss at least the first few months of the 2025-26 season recuperating.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Shoval has yet to see Cunio face to face, with his friend still recuperating in hospital and reconnecting with his family.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Without better reporting, lawmakers and analysts will have to act with incomplete knowledge, essentially guessing effective tax rates based on limited and sometimes misleading reporting.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Starbucks Workers United is fighting for a new contract that delivers improved staffing hours, take-home pay, and on-the-job protections for baristas.—
Amelia Lucas,Kate Rogers,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Yet the enabling factors, cheaper launches, better sensors, modular spacecraft, and improved autonomy, are steadily narrowing that gap.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Convalescing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convalescing. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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