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
Dana Suskind, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
But for the United States, which partly relies on huge inflows of foreign capital to finance its gaping budget deficit, this isn’t necessarily reassuring.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 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
Advertisement My hope is that one day soon, watching a young AI engineer take the Hinton Oath will feel as moving, as reassuring, as watching my son put on his white coat.
—Dana Suskind, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
But for the United States, which partly relies on huge inflows of foreign capital to finance its gaping budget deficit, this isn’t necessarily reassuring.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassuring
Verb
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Since then, their roadside stand has evolved into a destination with produce from local growers and a menu of comforting baked goods, lunches, and take-home meals.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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An image shows the poster comforting her golden retriever who is feeling sad after grandma left.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 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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Wildlife art can be confining, constricting, customary; contemporary artists are assuring its survival and vibrancy by breaking from the traditional.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 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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There was a brief period towards the end of last season when Destiny Udogie was preferred for high-profile matches, but Spence’s performances under Frank have been encouraging.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Waller’s gait appeared normal in the locker room Friday, which was an encouraging sign.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Things seemed to be going Sporting KC’s way in the first half of a Sunday night matchup with fellow Western Conference playoff hopeful Austin FC.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Our narrator, a gay, happily married father of two disentangling himself from a poly love affair, is—depending on the light—brilliant, self-mythologizing, abject, hopeful, and vulnerable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps Vrabel knew something optimistic fans did not know.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Klarna was unusually optimistic about AI’s capabilities.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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If the Panthers were to regress, how could that be viewed as promising or successful?—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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The procedure, known as xenotransplantation – transplanting organs, tissues or cells from one species to another – is seen as the most promising way to meet the need of patients waiting desperately for an organ to become available.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The story of her success is a heartening one.—
Book Marks
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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His investment in Rudy’s morality lends the exemplary legal saga a heartening, tender air.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Reassuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassuring. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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