as in to assure
to ease the grief or distress of
tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall
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Recent Examples of reassure
On the post-earnings call, management tried to reassure investors about Cobenfy.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 31 July 2025
Premier Misick reassured the public that the government is fully backing law enforcement and emphasized the importance of unity and resolve in the face of such violence.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2025
Teachers tried their best to reassure kids who had seen the rumor through text messages and were afraid to board the bus.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The continued strength of these two measures over the last six months is reassuring.
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for reassure
Zev Fima, CNBC, 31 July 2025
Premier Misick reassured the public that the government is fully backing law enforcement and emphasized the importance of unity and resolve in the face of such violence.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2025
Teachers tried their best to reassure kids who had seen the rumor through text messages and were afraid to board the bus.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The continued strength of these two measures over the last six months is reassuring.
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for reassure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassure
Verb
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This is mutually assured destruction with ballots instead of missiles.—
Matt K. Lewis,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Swift asked his mom, who assured her that Travis would want her there on the field.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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How Ming comforted his mother, who was battling cancer, by talking with her about anime and visiting Japan.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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Michelle shared Mowgli's selfless acts to comfort her in a Reddit post to the subreddit channel r/MadeMeSmile, reaching over 2,100 votes and 32 comments.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, someone with anxious attachment isn’t usually soothed by facts or space.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The liberal elite soothe their guilty consciences at the expense of people who really don’t care what a football or baseball team is called, and then pat themselves on the back for being so enlightened.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
31 July 2025
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“Reassure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassure. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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