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as in redeems
to make better in behavior or character
an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society
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as in heals
to restore to a healthy condition
underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow
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Recent Examples of rehabilitates
Chester Leonard rehabilitates wounded bald eagles and other large raptors at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke.
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Dana Hedgpeth The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2026
Berman rehabilitates rabbits that are abandoned, neglected, abused, and in danger of being euthanized.
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Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
The charitable series, formerly starring LeAnne Rimes and Luke Grimes, ensures 15-percent of ticket proceeds go to the Saving Grace Equine Healing Foundation that rescues and rehabilitates horses.
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Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
15 Jan. 2026
In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.
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Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
While Madea rehabilitates her co-prisoners, her family on the outside struggles with the usual family issues.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
And foxes are the most expensive animals the facility rehabilitates.
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Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
However, his most significant impact came in his community outreach work with OMNI New York, which acquires, builds, and rehabilitates affordable housing in the New York metropolitan area.
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John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
The sanctuary spans over 1,200 acres and rehabilitates captive exotic and endangered animals.
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Sarah Matusek,
Christian Science Monitor,
4 Apr. 2025
Dana Hedgpeth The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2026
Berman rehabilitates rabbits that are abandoned, neglected, abused, and in danger of being euthanized.
—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
The charitable series, formerly starring LeAnne Rimes and Luke Grimes, ensures 15-percent of ticket proceeds go to the Saving Grace Equine Healing Foundation that rescues and rehabilitates horses.
—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
15 Jan. 2026
In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.
—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
While Madea rehabilitates her co-prisoners, her family on the outside struggles with the usual family issues.
—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
And foxes are the most expensive animals the facility rehabilitates.
—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
However, his most significant impact came in his community outreach work with OMNI New York, which acquires, builds, and rehabilitates affordable housing in the New York metropolitan area.
—
John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
The sanctuary spans over 1,200 acres and rehabilitates captive exotic and endangered animals.
—
Sarah Matusek,
Christian Science Monitor,
4 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabilitates
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When a child redeems their certificate with Pizza Hut, they are celebrated.
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By the end of the season-five premiere, however, A-Train redeems himself.
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Your body will eventually expel the stuck parts as the wound heals.
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Fibroblast populations decline with age, which may help explain why older skin heals more slowly.
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With unprecedented access and bold voices leading a new movement, Death Boom reclaims the end of life with humanity, sustainability and just the right dose of dark humor.
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This story reclaims that for him.
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Winning with some self-awareness cures even more.
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Autoclave technology takes pre-impregnated carbon-fiber shapes and then cures them under high pressure and temperature to deliver maximum structural rigidity and weight savings.
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So, aside from minor losses due to inefficiencies, the process regenerates one of the key ingredients.
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Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.
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The hit rate improves dramatically.
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The show, which improves after intermission, does have a fabulous closer — greatest-hits worthy — that is composed simply of two guys (musical director John Love and the consistently excellent Lilly) singing in falsetto.
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