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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
Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
Faced with ambiguous leadership choices, decision-makers retreat to familiar metrics and reassuring track records, mistaking backward-looking evidence for forward-looking insight.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
John Leicester, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent progress in talks Witkoff had indicated progress in talks about protecting and reassuring Ukraine.
—John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
The absence of a spike in unemployment claims, at least, was reassuring, Torres noted, while an energy sector recovery or other factors could still theoretically push Texas back toward its 2% traditional growth rate.
—Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
Faced with ambiguous leadership choices, decision-makers retreat to familiar metrics and reassuring track records, mistaking backward-looking evidence for forward-looking insight.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
Witkoff had indicated progress in talks about protecting and reassuring Ukraine.
—John Leicester, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent progress in talks Witkoff had indicated progress in talks about protecting and reassuring Ukraine.
—John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassuring
Adjective
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The couple's daughter recalled a warm and comforting childhood.—
Nicole Nielsen,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Some of the behaviors most strongly associated with deep, durable love don’t feel comforting in the moment at all.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Some fears exist among the British right that Reform’s success could still be squashed by an alliance of Labour, the Green Party, the Lib Dems, and a confederation of minor parties if a pact is not struck with the Conservatives, assuring a unified right-wing bloc.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Jan. 2026
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Bowe, who still holds the world record in the 1,000 m and also qualified in the 1,500 m for Beijing, decided to give up her 500-m spot, assuring Jackson would race at the Olympics.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In a social, psychological context, Masli is a facilitator, a quirky social worker with a golden leg for an arm, an upswept hairstyle that’s half hair and half hat, a makeshift blue gown that might’ve once been a blanket and a soft-spoken soothing presence.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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Being loved does not always feel soothing.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Some on Wall Street took Warsh’s nomination as an encouraging signal for a still-independent Fed that will keep rates high, if necessary.—
Stan Choe,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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For two teams that have long targeted 2026 as a year to step forward, starting late is hardly an encouraging sign.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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To be sure, there are some hopeful new developments.—
Richard K. Vedder,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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The establishment by Peña-Melnyk of a rural caucus as one of her first acts as speaker of the House of Delegates was a hopeful sign.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The analysts, who kept their hold rating, came away from yesterday's Investor Day and earnings on Wednesday evening optimistic in the near-term about CEO Brian Niccol's turnaround but feel further progress is needed to get more excited down the road.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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But there is certainly a reason to be optimistic about that given that both Daniel Bryan and Edge were ultimately given the greenlight to wrestle in WWE after similar injuries.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Atlanta was, at once, one of the most promising Black cities in the country and one of the most rigidly controlled.—
Ernie Suggs,
AJC.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Bell wants that driver to be him, with the next chapter of a promising career written at the Daytona 500.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That has not been a heartening process.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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The most heartening thing about this deeply disturbing moment is seeing how consistently and forcefully Minnesotans of all demographics have been pushing back.—
Scott Meslow,
The Verge,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Reassuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassuring. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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