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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Haddish spent most of the early pandemic alone at her house in South Los Angeles, nursing a knee injury and performing stand-up for her backyard plants.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025 -
One recalled that the mom of an Ole Miss first-year stayed in the family’s new campus-adjacent apartment last fall to provide logistical and moral support during sorority rush, lending her daughter a hand in fixing hair or nursing a hangover.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Ariana Grande has been open about the fact that portraying Glinda in the Wicked films has been healing for her as an artist.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, Campbell said the irritation is healing more slowly than the team hoped.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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It could be used in the creation of next-generation bioelectronic devices or internal medical tools, like pacemakers, implantable glucose sensors, and brain electrodes used for treating neurological conditions like Parkinson’s disease.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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The cast largely helps to keep things grounded, rebutting the histrionics by treating each claim with legitimacy or reciting each gauche line with apt conviction.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Ministering (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministering%20%28to%29. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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