reassure
verb
re·as·sure
ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇r 
reassured; reassuring; reassures
1
: to assure anew
reassured him that the work was on schedule
2
: to restore to confidence
felt reassured by their earnest promise to do better
3
: reinsure
Examples of reassure in a Sentence
Experts reassured the public that the accident wouldn't happen again.
I tried to reassure myself that the children were safe.
The news didn't reassure him.
Recent Examples on the Web
On Thursday morning — hours before the first presidential debate of the 2024 election — EPA Administrator Michael Regan will remind his staff of this era and reassure them about the future.
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Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Here are three theories on why that doesn’t seem to reassure voters.
by Abdallah Fayyad
Younger workers have done well under Biden.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 27 June 2024
But the industry definitely needed a movie to massively outperform all predictions—and Inside Out 2 is that winner, reassuring Hollywood that families (once the most reliable audience of all) are still willing to flood multiplexes for the right film.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
And a good performance goes a long way to making voters feel reassured.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 June 2024
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Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Here are three theories on why that doesn’t seem to reassure voters.
by Abdallah Fayyad
Younger workers have done well under Biden.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 27 June 2024
But the industry definitely needed a movie to massively outperform all predictions—and Inside Out 2 is that winner, reassuring Hollywood that families (once the most reliable audience of all) are still willing to flood multiplexes for the right film.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
And a good performance goes a long way to making voters feel reassured.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 June 2024
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“Reassure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassure. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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reassure
verb
re·as·sure
ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇(ə)r
1
: to assure again
2
: to give fresh confidence to : free from fear
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