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as in to rehabilitate
to restore to a healthy condition
a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart heal the sick
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as in to recover
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds
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as in to cure
to bring about recovery from
time heals all wounds, even those of the heart
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Recent Examples of heal
In the study, 20 patients with chronic wounds used the newer LYMA Laser PRO for four weeks and their wounds healed more fully than those in the placebo group.
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Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 15 Jan. 2026
The shooting came more than five years after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, a mile from where Good died, an event that sparked uprisings and a global movement for racial justice in a city still struggling to heal.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
His head is an empty echo chamber residing between his ears (the good one and the one miraculously healed after that assassin’s bullet).
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Various Christian faith healing groups, which believe in prayer over medicine, and Christian Scientists, which believe illness is an illusion, oppose vaccines.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
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Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 15 Jan. 2026
The shooting came more than five years after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, a mile from where Good died, an event that sparked uprisings and a global movement for racial justice in a city still struggling to heal.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
His head is an empty echo chamber residing between his ears (the good one and the one miraculously healed after that assassin’s bullet).
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Various Christian faith healing groups, which believe in prayer over medicine, and Christian Scientists, which believe illness is an illusion, oppose vaccines.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heal
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Grant Williams has played in the last two games, making his season debut after spending the past 14 months rehabilitating a torn right ACL.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, crews will rehabilitate the bridge at Lake and Spruce roads.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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The 2026 Games are scheduled to begin in less than a month, giving Kim a short window to recover and pursue her third consecutive gold medal in the halfpipe.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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When Pritchard lost control of the ball, dove on the floor to recover it and fed a pass to White for an open three, Andrew Nembhard canned a three of his own a minute later.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Is there anything better at curing the January blues than planning a trip to a sunny destination?—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Damion Downs, the USMNT forward formerly of Koln, has been signed on loan from Southampton and will be depended upon to help cure that issue and keep Merlin Polzin’s side out of danger.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Rather than just fix the problem, the sport might want to identify what exactly the problem is.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Some of the most compelling accessibility tech didn’t try to fix vision so much as translate the visual world into something usable.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Carolina Panthers’ defense improved in almost every major statistical category from 2024 to 2025.—
Mike Kaye
January 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tapascott said everything improves when weight drops, from acceleration to braking and efficiency.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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That said, there is some evidence that cinnamon and honey may help alleviate specific cold symptoms.—
Kristina Herndon,
Verywell Health,
13 Jan. 2026
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Modern stabilization technology will help alleviate some of the shakiness, resulting in a smoother overall recording experience.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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If that variability truly influences how a patient will fare with different treatments, psychiatry may need to advance how depression is diagnosed and thus treated, Bentzley said.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Miyazaki’s singular style — his hand-drawn, painterly aesthetic and his thematic focus on a child’s-eye view of morally complex, humanistic tales — has been treated as the sole Asian animation worthy of entry into the Oscar canon.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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The state’s latest energy plan fails to recognize and remedy this and portends a bleak, costly energy future, not to mention more pollution and higher health care costs.—
Anshul Gupta,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Bevza felt a pressing need to remedy the barrenness of the Ukrainian fashion scene at the time.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Heal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heal. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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