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healed

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verb

past tense of heal
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Recent Examples of healed
Verb
The new campaign includes a video featuring six real value shoppers who were healed of their bad shopping habits IRL. Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Others suffer from dental and kidney disease, complications from declawing and injuries that never healed properly. ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 For example, after an injury has healed, the brain may continue predicting that a movement or activity is unsafe. Mackenzi Moore, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026 Charlie has healed now, weeks later, but Kroll said at least five other neighbors said their dogs have been hurt too, and shared photos with him. Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 Now take it to God in prayer & trust that by his stripes you are healed. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 After suffering a back injury in the preseason of 2016, he was replaced by Dak Prescott, who didn’t relinquish the job when Romo healed a few months later. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026 With Julie’s return, family secrets and wounds that never fully healed will resurface —but so will a strange phenomenon from which no one will emerge unscathed. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 July 2026 Bateman said he's received thousands of messages from viewers, with everything from parents reaching out for advice to people sharing how the video healed something in them. Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for healed
Adjective
  • Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That can mean fewer repaired roofs, fewer modernized science laboratories, fewer accessible entrances and elevators, fewer upgraded heating and cooling systems, fewer lead and asbestos remediation projects and fewer safety improvements.
    Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • There was a dime store, a haberdashery, and a newspaper; for a while, Sam delivered fresh produce and cured meats by horse and buggy.
    Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Community discussions about it intensified after Timothy Ray Brown — the first person documented to be cured of HIV — later faced housing difficulties.
    Jeff Berry, STAT, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Once they are recovered, the remains are often sun-bleached, scavenged and without any recognizable features, Kaplan said.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Connecticut State Police reportedly recovered identifying information, documents, drivers’ licenses, personal identifying information and banking information of almost 40 people, according to court records.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • However, Paramount’s recent decision to put those commitments in writing has alleviated Cinemark and others’ concerns.
    Brent Lang, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Effective deployment of oil in storage alleviated the strain, too.
    Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • But over the years, the two mended fences.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • That’s why Duffy was right to focus on new and rehabilitated equipment for these Midwest corridors that can put them to immediate use and fill them with passengers.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The teen will be charged as an adult designated, meaning that if convicted, he could be sentenced as a juvenile, an adult or as a juvenile with the option of receiving an adult sentence if not rehabilitated.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Ryan Yarbrough relieved Cole and pitched three perfect innings for his third save.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Willis came back in after Pleasants was hurt, and then Connor Colby relieved Willis on the left side in the fourth quarter.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The remainder of the site, or around two-thirds of the property, will be demolished and replaced with the music venue and the reconstructed facades.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Bosa seems committed to forging ahead in another ACL comeback, having rebounded well in 2021 with a reconstructed left knee and captured NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2022.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Healed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/healed. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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