ministering (to)

present participle of minister (to)

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Verb
  • The Americans, playing in front of a frenzied crowed on home soil in the San Francisco Bay Area, were down a man and nursing a 1-0 lead.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Rescuers named him Irving and have been nursing him back to health ever since.
    Liz Gray, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2009, after years of strained relations between SSPX and the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI remitted the 1988 excommunications as a step toward healing the rift.
    Noah LaBelle, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • By contrast, bridge-building leadership works by healing divides.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The era of treating supply chain efficiency as the primary metric is over.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Read a physical book without treating it as something to check off a list.
    Allison Palmer July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
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“Ministering (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministering%20%28to%29. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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