as in heals
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 rehabs
My organization acquires and rehabs existing buildings on the open market at a cost of $150,000 to $200,000 per unit — about one-third the cost of new, low-income housing tax credit construction.
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Rafael Leon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
This Milwaukee program takes dilapidated houses, acquired by the city through property tax foreclosure, and rehabs them for new home buyers.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Sweetbriar Nature Center rehabs a swan found bloodied after fighting for food in the extreme cold.
—John Dias, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
While nine-time All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving rehabs an ACL tear, Harrison brought in former one-time All-Star guard D'Angelo Russell to serve as his substitute.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
Rafael Leon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
This Milwaukee program takes dilapidated houses, acquired by the city through property tax foreclosure, and rehabs them for new home buyers.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Sweetbriar Nature Center rehabs a swan found bloodied after fighting for food in the extreme cold.
—John Dias, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
While nine-time All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving rehabs an ACL tear, Harrison brought in former one-time All-Star guard D'Angelo Russell to serve as his substitute.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabs
Verb
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That admission runs counter to the tidy grief narrative most people carry around — the idea that time heals in a straight line.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2026
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In cases like these, more fun lip balms just don’t cut it, whereas this 100% natural ointment instantly heals and replenishes.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
Verb
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Nothing cures a style rut quite like a little color blocking.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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The movie, a result of Cook’s wild imagination and British legends, is a horror fantasy drama set in 1893 about Betty Lutey (Beatie Edney), while barred from studying medicine, cures someone with Tuberculosis with a mermaid’a cursed pearl comb.—
James Russell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Rehabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehabs. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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