as in to recover
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
the long months that the soldier spent in the hospital slowly convalescing
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Pink needed two surgeries and almost two months of recovery at the same aviary where Blue is convalescing.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
If All-Pro voting was limited to the season’s second half, both players might get selected, Stafford as surgical as he’s been at any point in his career since convalescing from a Week 8 injury to his throwing thumb.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Catherine will be hospitalized for 10 to 14 days, according to the couple’s office in Kensington Palace, and will convalesce for two to three months after that.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
Cinderella underwent a successful operation at VCA Lakewood Hospital and convalesced at a volunteer’s home for a month.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
If All-Pro voting was limited to the season’s second half, both players might get selected, Stafford as surgical as he’s been at any point in his career since convalescing from a Week 8 injury to his throwing thumb.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Catherine will be hospitalized for 10 to 14 days, according to the couple’s office in Kensington Palace, and will convalesce for two to three months after that.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
Cinderella underwent a successful operation at VCA Lakewood Hospital and convalesced at a volunteer’s home for a month.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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“Convalesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convalesce. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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