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healed

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verb

past tense of heal
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of healed
Verb
Snell is looking to make sure he is healed up for the postseason. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Before the wounds of 2022 had healed, another nationwide protest movement erupted this past January. — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Judaism sees sin as a rupture that can be healed, not an inherent condition. — Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 Now that he is healed, Oatmeal has shown just how amazing special needs pets are. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Do not start any pelvic-floor device use, connected or not, until a clinician confirms you are healed enough. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026 Matthews is fully healed after a long summer and recently hosted McKenna for dinner. — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Similarly for Denver, is Bo Nix all healed and ready to take Mahomes’ mantle as king of the division? — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026 But all appeared healed when the Gallaghers embarked on a stadium tour in July 2025 and offered up the same hits every night on six continents. — Ethan Beck, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for healed
Adjective
  • The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The factory produces 2 million pounds of giardiniera a year, made from huge barrels of cut and cured pickles, carrots, celery, cauliflower and peppers, the latter ingredient differentiating the hot and mild varieties.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • From there, the organization takes them to a staging area where the shells will be cured and then placed back in the shoreline.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some of the footage was played during a dayslong suppression hearing last December, when the defense argued evidence recovered during the arrest should be suppressed because Mangione’s backpack was improperly searched.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Coast Guard crews recovered three bodies during the multi-agency search.
    — David Goodhue October 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • There are no guarantees that polling’s troubles – and persistent popular skepticism about the dependability of election polls – will be alleviated anytime soon.
    — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Woman after woman told USA TODAY that physicians never talked to their mothers who had become seriously ill or died about vaginal estrogen, something that would have alleviated their painful UTIs – and ultimately prevented them in the first place.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Punk’s jump to WWE came with a lot of mended fences, and there have been little-to-no significant stories about Punk’s backstage issues in a WWE locker room since his 2023 return.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But over the years, the two mended fences.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Many homes and apartments were rehabilitated, existing homeowners saw modest price increases alongside improving neighborhood conditions, and new long-term affordable apartments are underway.
    — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Another option in case the property owners don't come together is for the hotel parcel to be rehabilitated.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Viewers will be relieved to know that the last few minutes — in which Schulman delivers us a shocking act of violence — are fiction.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Jax was relieved by Steven Matz (6-6), who pitched a scoreless inning.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Patrick Mahomes finished the job by scrambling up the middle, simultaneously giving the Chiefs an early lead and quieting some doubts about his reconstructed ACL and LCL.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The reconstructed Florida State offense will be built around QB Ashton Daniels and RB Quintrevion Wisner, both arriving via the portal seeking fresh starts.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Healed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/healed. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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