as in administering (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice
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Wealth managers also came under pressure, with names like St James’s Place, Aberdeen Group and Quilter all nursing deep losses.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026 -
Earlier this year, Joslin mailed a packet of letters from nursing home residents at his facility to his state representative requesting a raise in the personal needs allowance.—
Kristi Tanner,
Freep.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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How Florida’s Statute of Limitations Shapes a Claim Most people focus on healing first.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jason now has healing properties!—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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By treating purity as a design parameter, engineers can now develop materials that thrive in the most punishing environments, such as hypersonic flight and extraterrestrial construction.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Only recently had many countries stopped treating solo female travelers as a problem to be managed, no longer refusing them hotel rooms when traveling without a man, or denying them credit cards to pay for it.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Ministering (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministering%20%28to%29. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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