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
Wyles Daniel, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The metal construction feels sturdy and gives a reassuring sense of quality.
—Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
By evening, some research or homework about financial support will be reassuring.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
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Verb
At Smile Hair Clinic, operations are performed directly by specialist doctors, which many patients find reassuring.
—Wyles Daniel, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The metal construction feels sturdy and gives a reassuring sense of quality.
—Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The data was reassuring for economists.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
By evening, some research or homework about financial support will be reassuring.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassuring
Verb
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He is compensated for lamenting and comforting grieving families during funerals.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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Call upon your trusty slow cooker to make this richly comforting potato soup.—
Elizabeth Mervosh,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Jonny Greenwood’s score moves between soaring strings and dissonant piano keys, alternately soothing and anxious; a few pieces composed by Jon Brion add an ambient layer of wistfulness.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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Jonny Greenwood’s score moves between soaring strings and dissonant piano keys, alternately soothing and anxious; a few pieces composed by Jon Brion add an ambient layer of wistfulness.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Welcoming a newborn into a home with other children can be overwhelming, but one mom’s 3-year-old quickly put her at ease, assuring her that everything would be OK.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The midfielder impressed under manager John Mousinho last season and played an important role in helping the club avoid relegation, but their interest was rebuffed by West Ham, with Potter assuring Potts of first-team appearances in what proved to be something of a false promise.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Beck’s chemistry with Daniels and Toney has been phenomenal most of the season, but Saturday’s performance was encouraging after the Hurricanes’ passing game struggled at home against Florida two weeks ago.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Fall has just begun and Lake Tahoe ski resorts may be 40 or 50 days away from opening, but winter showed encouraging signs on Friday.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While their recent encounter marked a hopeful step forward, royal insiders caution that a long road lies ahead before full reconciliation is likely.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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At a weekly Saturday night gathering for the hostages in Tel Aviv, many people sounded cautiously hopeful — if not frustrated with the political leadership at home.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That kind of novel feels a little too optimistic about the outcome of this kind of research.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Svetlana’s optimistic pretend normalcy and Lyudmila’s practical approach to medication point to impossibility of fathoming the many crushing consequences of the Ukraine crisis.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With Knight looking sharp and stonewalling several promising scoring chances, Boqvist delivered his fourth game-winning goal since signing with the Panthers before last season and ninth of his career.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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As part of his homework, Hanke provided a systemic analysis that narrowed a list of 239 potential candidates to the 50 most promising choices.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Hearing from speakers with a direct connection to Palestine, who were unafraid to speak openly and vividly about the unfathomable violence that Palestine has faced, felt uniquely heartening.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
18 Sep. 2025
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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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“Reassuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassuring. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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