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verb

past tense of rehabilitate

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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
The plan rehabilitated the traffic conditions after the first game. Zuri Primos july 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026 Four orphaned bobcats will be rehabilitated at Wildlife Care Center in Saratoga in an effort to return the kittens back to the wild this fall. Laura A. Oda, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 What The Other 100% Looks Like ​ In a place called Kelelwa, Kenya, our organization rehabilitated a colonial-era borehole and powered it with an electric pump. Sarah Evans, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 In addition to the superstructure being rehabilitated, the bridge bearings will be rehabilitated and replaced. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026 Unfortunately, not every animal can be safely rehabilitated or placed in a family environment. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 June 2026 Henry Bushnell Judges’ verdict Sepp Blatter, whose reputation is being rehabilitated by comparisons with the current FIFA regime, had a lot of crazy ideas during his time in charge, such as a World Cup in space. Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Soldiers who suffered combat injuries were sometimes rehabilitated and returned to the war. Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 The line is currently being rehabilitated end-to-end under the binational agreement. Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 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
  • Some card issuers limit how and when rewards can be redeemed.
    Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
  • ClassPass credits can be redeemed for bundles of one, two, or four tickets.
    Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Rainwater, or the water of life, as it was known in Russia, healed all wounds, made lost limbs grow back, turned the old young again, and raised the dead up from the grave.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
  • Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy has fully healed after being shot in the leg in May and could return for Week 1 of the regular season.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Adjective
  • The policy shift is widely credited with improved power generation, including a sharp rise in renewable energy, that has reduced the pressure on state power utility Eskom and helped end loadshedding.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
  • Over time, an improved National Climate Assessment would build a searchable library of practical and relatable case studies of climate risk-management decisions.
    Joe Árvai, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Trade Timing & Outlook TM recently reclaimed the $180 breakout level after showing signs of seller exhaustion near the lows.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 22 July 2026
  • Stone surfaces show visible cut lines; furniture incorporates reclaimed tree bark.
    Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • If Ibrahim had finished the antibiotics, perhaps the drugs would have cured him of the illness.
    Kazeem Olawale Nasiru, NPR, 17 July 2026
  • Some devotees cured of illness vow to stage a days-long passion play or tanggal in the Ama’s honor.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
Adjective
  • Without better reporting, lawmakers and analysts will have to act with incomplete knowledge, essentially guessing effective tax rates based on limited and sometimes misleading reporting.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • 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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