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rehabilitated

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verb

past tense of rehabilitate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rehabilitated
Adjective
One winner crafted a new law to give rehabilitated prisoners a second chance. Sharon Chin, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
That’s why Duffy was right to focus on new and rehabilitated equipment for these Midwest corridors that can put them to immediate use and fill them with passengers. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 The teen will be charged as an adult designated, meaning that if convicted, he could be sentenced as a juvenile, an adult or as a juvenile with the option of receiving an adult sentence if not rehabilitated. Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 While the boy has not been charged as an adult, the adult designation gives a judge the option of sentencing him as a juvenile, an adult, or fashioning a blended sentence with the option of imposing an adult sentence if the boy is not rehabilitated. Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2026 After Mao’s death, Zhu was politically rehabilitated and allowed to rejoin the party. Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 The 14-year-old eagle died while being rehabilitated at the Ojai Raptor Center in California. Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 Since June, the group has rescued and rehabilitated more than 300 at-risk animals across the five boroughs in partnership with the NYPD. Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 The two-year process, funded by the cultural-preservation nonprofit Friends of Florence, rehabilitated the work from a prior sixteenth century restoration, and repaired the altarpiece’s painting as well as wooden support. News Desk, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026 Yet while those aforementioned creatures still get rehabilitated on a regular basis, they’re now greatly surpassed in popular visibility by a cannibal undead that didn’t even exist in the genre until more recent decades. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabilitated
Adjective
  • The Grand 1894 Opera House, one of the most beautiful historic theaters in Texas, offers concerts, touring shows, and performances year-round in an intimate, restored setting.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In her most personal work yet, Nguyen shows how togetherness and storytelling can transform grief into healing, hope and restored kinship.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, its 3-hour battery life means less charging, and more recovering.
    Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
  • She was taken to a hospital with punctures and lacerations and is stable and recovering.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
Verb
  • Keep in mind, it can be applied to both in-store and online purchases, and can be redeemed twice.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The Offer is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged or redeemed for cash or any other product, benefit, or alternative.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Snell is looking to make sure he is healed up for the postseason.
    OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Before the wounds of 2022 had healed, another nationwide protest movement erupted this past January.
    Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • McDonald’s said the restaurant modernizations include lockers to handle delivery orders more easily, more visible coffee preparation areas to enhance quality perceptions, bigger play areas and improved kitchen layouts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Mercer reports that 55% of asset managers now integrate AI into at least part of their investment process, while only 8% cite improved returns as a measurable benefit.
    Mamadou-Abou Sarr, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Jarius Ingram found the end zone twice, but North Crowley reclaimed its spark with some help from wide receiver Damarion Mays.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Time with ageing parents, a partner drifting away or children growing up cannot always be reclaimed.
    Michelle De Almeida, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Mao’s resolution treated each of these as a sickness that could sometimes be cured through a regimen of criticism and self-criticism in front of peers.
    ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Onions can also be cured in a garage, backyard shed, or covered porch where they’re protected from wet weather.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Which is why better hiring begins with three ways of protecting ourselves against both.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Rehabilitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehabilitated. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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