as in rehabilitation
the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength
the accident victim had to undergo months of rehab before she could walk again
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as in to heal
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 rehab
Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Ninety days of rehab and finding the right sponsor changed her.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Dec. 2024
The hard part is not playing, and having to rehab and not competing with my teammates.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
That’s why the rehab process couldn’t be expedited.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Doctors pushed for spinal surgery, and injured reserve looked like a certainty, but after a week of rehab with an outside trainer, Van Noy was healthy enough to play.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Ninety days of rehab and finding the right sponsor changed her.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Dec. 2024
The hard part is not playing, and having to rehab and not competing with my teammates.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
That’s why the rehab process couldn’t be expedited.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehab
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The good news is that borrowers in default on their federal student loans have options — such as Direct loan consolidation and federal student loan rehabilitation — that can cure their defaults and restore their loans back to good standing again.Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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But it is still geared toward rehabilitation rather than punishment, legal experts told the Herald.Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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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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Danny Pintauro is healing after a scooter accident during the holidays left him hospitalized with a large scar on his abdomen.Angel Saunders, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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For those communities, recovery has been measured in years, not months.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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And with Los Angeles being the top moviegoing market, studios and theater owners are hoping the distraction provided by a trip to the movies — which still costs far less than other forms of entertainment — continues as the city begins a long and arduous recovery.Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Part of its role was to rehabilitate drug addicts using a naval regimen—a noble yet undignified service for a generation-defining yacht.Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
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After the death in 1971 of Lin Biao, one of Mao’s key lieutenants, Hu was allowed to return to Beijing but was not fully rehabilitated into the ranks of the party elite.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
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Out of other options, Rowan turns to her ex-boyfriend — geneticist Sam Larkin, who’s on the cusp of literally curing blindness(?!) — for an off-the-books testing of Lasher’s genetics.Andy Swift, TVLine, 5 Jan. 2025
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Mabuchi ages and cures the fish depending on type and cut, giving diners a more traditional sushi experience.Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Rehab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehab. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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