1
as in to rehabilitate
to restore to a healthy condition
a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart heal the sick
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as in to recover
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds
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as in to cure
to bring about recovery from
time heals all wounds, even those of the heart
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Recent Examples of heal
The canine is waiting for her surgical site to heal fully before undergoing her spay surgery.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The character is an insincere male feminist who makes performative comments about healing psychological trauma and supporting women.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Your ankle may heal in as little as two weeks for mild sprains.
—Laura Schober, Health, 16 Jan. 2025
The game stars a young Black woman called Hazel — a track runner capable of wielding strange, lacy magic which either heals the world around her or fends off enemies.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The character is an insincere male feminist who makes performative comments about healing psychological trauma and supporting women.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Your ankle may heal in as little as two weeks for mild sprains.
—Laura Schober, Health, 16 Jan. 2025
The game stars a young Black woman called Hazel — a track runner capable of wielding strange, lacy magic which either heals the world around her or fends off enemies.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for heal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heal
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For the educators, that creates an amusing challenge: The Sunny gang isn’t a pack of wayward teenagers waiting for an understanding mentor to show them the light, and their moral failures can’t be rehabilitated with a pep talk.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Auditors also noted the social and educational efforts to rehabilitate prisoners and ready them to re-enter society.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2025
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The analysis, according to Lewin, confirmed the shell casings recovered at the shooting scene were most likely fired from a 9mm handgun.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, sufficient sleep allows muscle tissue to recover between workouts and provides the energy needed to exercise.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
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While the plot is as convoluted and silly as in the last film — Dr. Edelmann tries to cure Dracula’s vampirism through blood transfusions, among other developments — there’s slightly more cohesion.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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Cause issues in social situations or functioning at work When To See a Healthcare Provider ADHD isn't a condition that can be or needs to be cured, but medications and strategies can make things easier.—
Rena Goldman,
Health,
16 Jan. 2025
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Repairs can be costly, and damage can take months to fix.—
Sarah Dean,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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Physicists attempted to fix this by essentially adding a new parameter to the equations and setting that parameter to zero, but that felt a little forced.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Houston improved to 8-0 in the league and 16-3 overall.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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Cooper Flagg scored 24 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out six assists playing 39 of 40 minutes in the Duke Blue Devils’ 63-56 victory over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Saturday. Duke, the No. 2 team in the nation, improved to 17-2 and 9-0 against ACC opponents.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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These WMAs are comprised of cropland, forest, lake and wetlands that serve to provide refuge for geese that may help alleviate the effects of hunting.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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With no viable options for a second scorer to take the load off of Curry, getting either Vucevic or Turner will help alleviate the scoring burden and with lineup versatility.—
Jannelle Moore,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Elsewhere during his monologue, Stewart reflected on how much of the media treated the inauguration like a normal transfer of power without questioning it.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama's promise to us has been broken.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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In order to remedy that, her nonprofit and Howdy Homemade entered into a franchise agreement to open a local store — with more to come.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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The settlement is one of several steps that the Biden administration has taken to remedy the effects of policies felt by L.G.B.T.Q. service members for decades.—
Aishvarya Kavi,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Heal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heal. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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