How to Use remission in a Sentence

remission

noun
  • The patient is in remission.
  • He was given remission for good behavior.
  • How long does this remission last?
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • What are the chances this goes into remission and comes back?
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The mice went into remission and survived long enough to be put down for old age.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The tough teen withstood the chemo treatments and is in remission.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Her cancer is now in remission.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • The problem is that a complete remission does not mean the cancer is gone.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Like those in remission from any illness, there will always be a kernel of dread.
    — Nancy Richardson Fischer, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Dec. 2018
  • Doctors then shared the good news with her that the cancer was in complete remission.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
  • For the last nine months, Swanson’s disease has been in remission.
    — Vikki Ortiz Healy, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Glaser, like others at the walk, had fought his battle against a blood cancer, which now is in remission.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Daily Southtown, 14 June 2017
  • In fact, 29% were considered to be in remission at week three, the study found.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Fuller had battled cancer from the age of 3, going in and out of remission.
    — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Aidan was declared in remission, but that didn't mean treatment was finished.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • That is where remission enters — not as triumph, but as reprieve.
    — Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The woman has also been in remission from cancer for 4½ years now.
    — Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The two drugs enabled him to go into remission before the stem cell transplant could take place.
    — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • For some types of blood cancer, the therapy leads to remission in more than half of patients.
    — Debby Waldman, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
  • At 14 months post-transplant, my odds now tilt toward remission.
    — Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Last year, Michou was treated for colon cancer, which was said to be in remission.
    — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2020
  • All in the study achieved remission by day 28, and 9 reached deep remission.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The news of their son's cancer remission and a new baby on the way mean these two have so much to celebrate this year.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Ross, 73, is now in remission for not only his bout of colon cancer, but three bouts of lung cancer.
    — Sarah Morris, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
  • With his cancer now in remission, Miller hopes to be back on the field in 2022.
    — Siera Jones, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2021
  • Years after remission, there was no medical reason for the pain.
    — Catherine Santino, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • This remission gave me time to marry my wife Caitlin and even have a daughter, named Amelia, last year.
    — K.n.c., The Economist, 27 Nov. 2019
  • That period of remission lasted about two years.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And in April of this year, Doherty shared the news that her cancer was in remission.
    — Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 23 June 2017
  • The uncomfortable truth is that remission does not mean safety.
    — Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026

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