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adjective

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as in restored

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as in recovering

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rehabilitated

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verb

past tense of rehabilitate
1
as in redeemed
to make better in behavior or character an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society

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as in healed
to restore to a healthy condition underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow

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Recent Examples of rehabilitated
Adjective
One winner crafted a new law to give rehabilitated prisoners a second chance. — Sharon Chin, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
Yayoi Kusama’s seminal 1969 Happening Grand Orgy to Awaken the Dead at MoMA has been rehabilitated into a proud moment in the museum’s official history, but photos of the event show security pleading with the dancers to leave. — Nolan Kelly, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026 The 220-pound Pacific walrus calf, named Annautaq, traveled 4,000 miles to Central Florida after being rescued by wildlife experts and rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Few styles have been rehabilitated as successfully as the cargo pant. — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026 As of Saturday, the ministry said, more than 270 wild animals in Indonesia's part of Borneo had been rescued, rehabilitated or guided to safer habitats, including 46 orangutans rescued by YIARI. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Along Central Avenue, the nonprofit New Life Homes rehabilitated Luna Lodge into 30 affordable apartments in 2013 and reopened the Sundowner as 71 mixed-income apartments the following year. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026 Many homes and apartments were rehabilitated, existing homeowners saw modest price increases alongside improving neighborhood conditions, and new long-term affordable apartments are underway. — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Another option in case the property owners don't come together is for the hotel parcel to be rehabilitated. — Joan Murray, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 That’s why Duffy was right to focus on new and rehabilitated equipment for these Midwest corridors that can put them to immediate use and fill them with passengers. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabilitated
  1. restored
  2. recovering
  3. redeemed
  4. healed
  5. improved
  6. reclaimed
  7. cured
  8. better
Adjective
  • The Grand 1894 Opera House, one of the most beautiful historic theaters in Texas, offers concerts, touring shows, and performances year-round in an intimate, restored setting.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In her most personal work yet, Nguyen shows how togetherness and storytelling can transform grief into healing, hope and restored kinship.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of restored
Adjective
  • Plus, its 3-hour battery life means less charging, and more recovering.
    — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
  • She was taken to a hospital with punctures and lacerations and is stable and recovering.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
Definition of recovering
Verb
  • Each point is worth 1 cent and 200 points can be redeemed for $2 off convenience store items or an extra 5 cents per gallon discount on fuel.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The ticket would be good to be redeemed for any home game in the future, even a possible World Series contest.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of redeemed
Verb
  • At the Shrine, though, each song was still a startling feat of storytelling — a raw wound that somehow hadn’t healed at all.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement Ask your dentist to examine the tissue beneath the denture, especially if a sore hasn’t healed after two weeks.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of healed
Adjective
  • This improved insulation also reduces the freeze-thaw cycles that can cause frost to heave your plants out of the soil.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Yotova is expected to continue Radev's policy of keeping Bulgaria on its European path, while also calling for improved relations with Russia and the lifting of sanctions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of improved
Verb
  • Beijing — ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming reclaimed the top spot on a list of China's richest people, driven by his company's push into artificial intelligence.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Today, nature has reclaimed this idyllic spot—where Ingunn spent childhood summer days picking berries and swimming—with waterfalls and carpets of reindeer moss.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of reclaimed
Verb
  • The process, called cured-in-place pipe lining, involves inserting a flexible liner into the old pipe, inflating it and hardening it in place.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Traditionally, tobacco was harvested by hand, hung in a log barn and cured to a golden-brown with a wood fire that had to be stoked day and night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of cured
Adjective
  • Which is why better hiring begins with three ways of protecting ourselves against both.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.
    — Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
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