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rehabilitating

verb

present participle of rehabilitate
1
as in redeeming
to make better in behavior or character an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society

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2
as in healing
to restore to a healthy condition underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow

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Recent Examples of rehabilitating Gross-Matos is currently rehabilitating from that knee injury and isn’t ready to play. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Veterans groups and advocates who shaped the 2016 draft plan contend the housing was tacked on to allow the VA to avoid the cost of rehabilitating the building. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The crash ultimately brought Dowdell to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, which specializes in treating and rehabilitating people with spinal cord and brain injuries. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 The rescuers contacted The Arrow Fund, a Louisville nonprofitdedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animal victims of abuse. — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2026 Instead, both men have focused on rehabilitating AI’s image into something that exists in harmony with humanity. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Several countries in Europe have set models for rehabilitating a democracy with fair and judicial retribution against former officials deemed accountable for wrongdoing. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026 After rehabilitating from a major knee injury in 2022, Poulter reclaimed her starting role in 2024. — Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2026 For the past 15 years, Community Bridges has served the neighborhood by rehabilitating houses, purchasing vacant city lots, and converting them into pocket parks and community gardens. — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabilitating
  1. redeeming
  2. healing
  3. reclaiming
  4. curing
  5. improving
  6. fixing
  7. regenerating
  8. reforming
Verb
  • Besides the fact that cereal is good, there aren’t really any redeeming qualities.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The only redeeming aspect of the show happens here, on a ski slope, when their youngest daughter Valentina, who was born with Down syndrome, is treated to a lesson via an adaptive ski school.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of redeeming
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  • Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie balance empire-building with something far more personal, from unexpected sparks and new relationships, to healing old wounds and embracing independence.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Unselfed love reverses the world’s sway that would turn us away from the always-available guiding, loving, and healing messages of the eternal Christ that lead us to do good deeds to benefit humanity, individually or collectively.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of healing
Verb
  • But putting the brakes on fearful predictions and reclaiming agency over a useful tech tool may be just as important, some researchers say.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026
  • With Royce’s unexpected support and a community determined to keep her from disappearing beneath the weight of her responsibilities, Joy begins the difficult journey of reclaiming her identity.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of reclaiming
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  • Empa's earlier experiments showed that formulations with sufficiently high phosphorus content could be reprocessed after curing, with the dynamic network rearranging through transesterification reactions.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The whole system runs on curing the harvest each fall and drawing it down slowly, month after month, until the next crop starts arriving around October.
    — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of curing
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  • Even with that, policymakers must continue evaluating whether survivor benefits adequately reflect the long-term economic realities facing military families, while improving coordination and accessibility across programs.
    — Cristina Johnson, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In some cases, this may also require modernizing legacy systems or improving integration between existing manufacturing and IT platforms.
    — Nishkam Batta, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of improving
Verb
  • Whatever cartel-like behavior does emerge will probably look less like coordinated price-fixing and more like the airline industry, which competes on reliability and bundled extras as the underlying product commoditizes.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Parents and state lawmakers gather at noon Thursday at City Hall to push for legislation aimed at fixing how the city handles its school bus contracts.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of fixing
Verb
  • In this strategy of attrition, Iran just needs to keep imposing costs and regenerating what is lost.
    — NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Our little Colin file has always been kind of regenerating itself.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of regenerating
Verb
  • Now, there’s a growing coalition trying to revive condo construction in California by reforming a decades-old law that housing advocates and developers say has put a stranglehold on condo development.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Make a case for reforming Social Security and Medicare to preserve it for current and future generations.
    — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of reforming

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“Rehabilitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehabilitating. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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