as in assuring
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 reassuring
Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
But the movie’s big message is that that’s a reassuring illusion.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
Fresh off the release of her latest solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,Williams is reassuring them that Paramore aren’t going anywhere.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The latest update from Fidelity is more reassuring than one reported a few months ago.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
But the movie’s big message is that that’s a reassuring illusion.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Horowitz, who has written multiple books about the mental lives of dogs, was reassuring on this point.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
Fresh off the release of her latest solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,Williams is reassuring them that Paramore aren’t going anywhere.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassuring
Verb
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Not exactly a pep talk, but comforting nevertheless.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Designed to burn cleaner, the candles’ comforting scents will fill any room for up to 150 hours.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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They’re placed on or next to the body and struck with a mallet to release a calming vibration and mellifluous tone that eases muscles, sparking an immediately soothing effect on the nervous system and improving synaptic responses in the brain.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Whatever the manifestation—hair-tucking, shorts-pulling, ball-bouncing, bobbing, pocket-checking, or something else entirely—the familiarity of these motions can have a soothing effect, calming the player’s nerves before a big shot.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Alaskan authorities are assuring regulations are followed.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In particular, O’Neill proposed doing away with FDA’s 60-year-old mandate of assuring new drugs are both safe and effective in treating disease.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While the results are encouraging, officials warn that technology alone cannot solve the crisis.—
BusPatrol - A Mission-Driven Organization,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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But on a remarkably low-volume day for the Green Bay offense as a whole, Kraft's role was actually encouraging.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Trepanier is hopeful but concerned that the plan to remove the birds may fall through.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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There is a lot to be hopeful about.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That's why scientists are optimistic about the vaccine.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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The good news is that the Vols’ schedule looks pretty manageable by SEC standards, with plenty of optimistic takeaways available in this game.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With a combined score of 15, Leavitt is off to a promising start in the competition.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Then that data went to at least two or three judges for review, while all the most promising creams, tools, and polishes were passed out to Allure editors for testing.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Brennand closed Saturday’s event with the heartening news that Manas is now screening in the very communities where the abuse and violence depicted onscreen are taking place.—
Stacey Wilson Hunt,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Sep. 2025
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One of the more heartening things Steib's witnessed came after funding for the Prism Program was halted.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Reassuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassuring. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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