1
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
For now, those fragments have been left in place to allow the eye wound to heal, and doctors are hoping to remove them at a later date.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
Lesions may heal, only to return—often in the same areas.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 May 2026
The years have not healed Don Ryce‘s pain, only prolonged it.
—Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
In Ohio and elsewhere, the social trauma from the pandemic has yet to fully heal.
—CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
Lesions may heal, only to return—often in the same areas.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 May 2026
The years have not healed Don Ryce‘s pain, only prolonged it.
—Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
In Ohio and elsewhere, the social trauma from the pandemic has yet to fully heal.
—CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heal
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They’re still needed long after a kid is out of diapers, done with school, out of the house, employed, married, unmarried, unemployed, reemployed, remarried, rehabilitated, whatever.—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
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The 6-foot pipe, which transports 10 million gallons of wastewater a day, is nearing the end of its life and needs to be rehabilitated and eventually replaced, OC San officials said.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Cloud and Stevens are expected to become available this month — and potentially on this trip — but Carrington is still recovering from a significant injury suffered during last season’s playoffs.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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Stewart missed the first six weeks of the season while recovering from an offseason shoulder procedure.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Or that Salieri once masturbated over his beloved piano in an unfruitful attempt to cure his writer’s block.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
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South Africa couldn’t revoke the payout because the underlying disease — an economy that has hardly grown for more than a decade alongside unemployment at more than 30% — was never cured.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
8 May 2026
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Broadway producers also caught on to Bradley’s abilities, and hired him to fix dud numbers and even whole shows.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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That said, home equity loan interest rates are fixed and won't change even if the rate climate does, which could be favorable for those concerned about borrowing against their home equity (the home functions as collateral).—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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The new commissioner faces the daunting task of improving the existing jail while planning for a world without it.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Jonathan Bond finished with five saves for Houston (6-5-0), which improved to 2-3-1 on the road.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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To alleviate the district’s overall budget deficit, the Board of Managers approved two separate reductions in force last month.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2026
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The Edge power bank has been designed to alleviate such things.—
Paul Ridden
May 12,
New Atlas,
12 May 2026
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Start treating our current situation as an academic state of emergency.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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On Thursday, Kazmierczak told Ericksen that he was being treated for Parkinson’s disease, and that he’d been diagnosed with ADHD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and a form of post-traumatic stress.—
Tim Sullivan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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In 1965, the Supreme Court refused to remedy the exclusion of Black people from juries that its 1880 decision was supposed to have ended.—
Austin Sarat,
The Conversation,
8 May 2026
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However, it was later refined and proven to remedy gout by reducing white blood cell division and proliferation that brings on this condition.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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“Heal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heal. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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