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healed

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verb

past tense of heal
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Recent Examples of healed
Verb
Advertisement Ask your dentist to examine the tissue beneath the denture, especially if a sore hasn’t healed after two weeks. — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 But for Dolla $ign, time hasn’t healed the wound left by his close friend’s early departure. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 Pickett appears 100% healed from injury and grabbed eight receptions for 134 yards, while Nik McMillan caught four passes for 89 yards and a score. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026 The Wolfpack went 2-7 in the regular season against a brutal schedule, but Reid Hites healed and returned to lead them on a three-game winning streak and Prep Bowl victory over Morgan Park. — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Snell is looking to make sure he is healed up for the postseason. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 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
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
  • Cancer that is found at the earliest stages, like that of the pope, can be treated with surgery and cured for both smokers and nonsmokers.
    — Estelamari Rodriguez, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
  • There still exists in him the hope for a return to his idealistic notion of the box being a portal for dimensional advancement, where diseases could be cured, peace could be achieved, and a techno-utopia might be possible across all worlds.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this month that Gulf crude flows had recovered to between 80% and 90% of prewar levels.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Police recovered 350 boxes of Hot Wheels toy cars valued at about $54,000, according to the post.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Around the same time, fears of a smaller Chinese crop brought about by an exceptionally hot summer in Xinjiang were alleviated by stronger-than-expected yields.
    — SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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
  • The 220-pound Pacific walrus calf, named Annautaq, traveled 4,000 miles to Central Florida after being rescued by wildlife experts and rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Few styles have been rehabilitated as successfully as the cargo pant.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • While we are relieved that Heidi has received medical care and is safe, we are outraged by this unwarranted attack on a journalist doing her job and urge a thorough investigation and follow-through from authorities.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Because of this closeness, many at CNN seem relieved that Thompson will stay aboard.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 2026.

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