as in rehabilitation
the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength
the accident victim had to undergo months of rehab before she could walk again
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as in to heal
to restore to a healthy condition
rehabbing the torture victim's battered body will be easier than restoring his emotional well-being
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Recent Examples of rehab
Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The four-time Oscar nominee plays Rona, a young Scottish woman struggling with alcoholism who returns home after an extended stay in rehab.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
There was never confirmation that the bad press inspired the wide release of the Factbook, but doing so around the same time fit the CIA's need to rehab its brand.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Woods checked into rehab shortly after that incident, saying his efforts to manage insomnia and pain from his staggering number of surgeries on his own was a mistake.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The four-time Oscar nominee plays Rona, a young Scottish woman struggling with alcoholism who returns home after an extended stay in rehab.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
There was never confirmation that the bad press inspired the wide release of the Factbook, but doing so around the same time fit the CIA’s need to rehab its brand.
—Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
There was never confirmation that the bad press inspired the wide release of the Factbook, but doing so around the same time fit the CIA's need to rehab its brand.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehab
Noun
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Alden operates more than 40 sites in the Chicago area, Rockford and Wisconsin, providing short-term rehabilitation and long-term nursing and memory care.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Snell will likely face hitters in the live BP situation a couple more times, eventually adding a third inning before going on a minor-league rehabilitation assignment.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In many ways, plugging into the literary community and falling in love with reading again have healed that sense of loss.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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That includes captain Gabriel Landeskog, who worked for years to heal and return as a contributor and a leader of his team following long-term injury after the previous Cup run.—
Jack Lowenstein,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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In 2023, the company worked on fewer than fifty ransomware recoveries; last year, the total was nearly three hundred.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The first-stage boosters made their 6th and final flights with no recovery.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Aquarium of the Pacific has a decades-long history of caring for Southern California's rehabilitating sea turtle population.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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MoDOT budgeted $92 million to replace the northbound bridge and rehabilitate the southbound bridge, built in 2001, according to Brooke Rohlfing, MoDOT spokesperson.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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Canadian police say Law, from the Toronto area, used a series of websites to market and sell sodium nitrite, a substance commonly used to cure meats that can be deadly if ingested.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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If that's the case, though, the food will cure what ails you.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Rehab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehab. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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