as in comforting
the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering
the governor's reassurance of the flood victims was seen as opportunistic
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Recent Examples of reassurance
After a rocky premiere, Saturday Night Live needed to give us some reassurance that season 51 (and the newest permutation of the cast) wouldn’t be all duds.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
This is the kind of reassurance a skeptical toddler needs to really enjoy Halloween, not fear it.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
Those votes failed, and Democrats would probably need some more reassurance that the House and White House are serious about the health care credits before voting to fund the government for seven weeks.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
But residents are demanding reassurance that the land won’t be used for controversial projects dividing other communities, such as data centers.
—Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
This is the kind of reassurance a skeptical toddler needs to really enjoy Halloween, not fear it.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
Those votes failed, and Democrats would probably need some more reassurance that the House and White House are serious about the health care credits before voting to fund the government for seven weeks.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
But residents are demanding reassurance that the land won’t be used for controversial projects dividing other communities, such as data centers.
—Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassurance
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Los Osos forfeited to Jurupa Valley after the two teams were matched up in the consolation round of a neutral tournament over the weekend.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Or our friends might simply offer sympathy and assure us that all would be well—a meaningless consolation, intended only to force us to focus our attention elsewhere.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Now cancer-free, O’Connell hopes her story serves as both an inspiration and a reminder of the importance of compassion, awareness, and authenticity in how people support the breast cancer community.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Taylor’s initiative, compassion, and leadership inspire others and reflect the very best of Chaparral.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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In my own new novel, Happy People Don’t Live Here, the protagonist finds solace in her mother’s dollhouse as a child.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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As a software engineer, Grabow had always found solace in running.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Or our friends might simply offer sympathy and assure us that all would be well—a meaningless consolation, intended only to force us to focus our attention elsewhere.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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The writer-director doesn’t solicit sympathy for Polly (played by Dakota Fanning) or impose meaning on her suffering.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Reassurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassurance. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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