rehabilitating

verb

present participle of rehabilitate
1
as in redeeming
to make better in behavior or character an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society

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2
as in healing
to restore to a healthy condition underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow

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Recent Examples of rehabilitating The nonprofit provides lifelong care for aging, retired, rescued, and rehabilitating horses, while also offering volunteer opportunities and summer camps to teach kids about horse care. — Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 City staff are proposing a second bond of the same size to pay for building, preserving and rehabilitating more apartments, single-family homes and shelters. — Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026 If approved, the money would go towards building, rehabilitating and purchasing more affordable homes. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Now, the emerging understanding that transposons are intimately interwoven within the regulatory workings of the host genome is rehabilitating their reputation as critical sources of evolutionary innovation. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 Gross-Matos is currently rehabilitating from that knee injury and isn’t ready to play. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Veterans groups and advocates who shaped the 2016 draft plan contend the housing was tacked on to allow the VA to avoid the cost of rehabilitating the building. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The rescuers contacted The Arrow Fund, a Louisville nonprofitdedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animal victims of abuse. — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2026 Instead, both men have focused on rehabilitating AI’s image into something that exists in harmony with humanity. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabilitating
  1. redeeming
  2. healing
  3. reclaiming
  4. curing
  5. improving
  6. fixing
  7. regenerating
  8. reforming
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  • That would have worked out fine when Fochesato tried redeeming his Timeless Ticket for a potential World Series game in 2018, when the Brewers reached the NL Championship Series.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Brewers also encouraged fans redeeming postseason seats to do so before the start of public sale periods.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • The Holistic Touch treatment uses Ayurvedic techniques to rebalance the body’s energy, including healing poultices and marma-point stimulation.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Recognizing this divine reality even a little, brings tangible, healing comfort to anyone who opens up their heart to it.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of healing
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  • Dad alone of his siblings had joined my grandfather in reclaiming the Liu name back in China.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson’s path to reclaiming the governor’s mansion for Republicans almost certainly doesn’t run through Kansas City, Kansas.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of reclaiming
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  • The couple created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropic organization whose efforts include curing, managing and preventing all diseases.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • After this initial cure, continue curing for six to eight weeks in a cooler location (about 55 to 60 degrees).
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of curing
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  • Jackson Chourio had a single and double, improving to 10 for 20 in the Series.
    — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Chicago stopped a three-game slide while improving to 3-4-0 on a seven-game homestand.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of improving
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  • But fixing this issue is wholly within the power of Gulf states, and the Salalah effort demonstrates there is some interest in doing so.
    — ALLISON MINOR, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026
  • That tells me Apple has some convincing to do beyond fixing the screen issue.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of fixing
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  • There’s joy, there’s music, there’s magically regenerating food, trees that flower and fruit at the same time, piles of treasure, crystals that rain from the sky, everlasting happiness and health.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Edit one slide or section without regenerating the entire output.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of regenerating
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  • Risch is also focused on reforming the federal permitting process, aiming to speed up projects such as mineral extraction.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Japanese lawmakers are reforming the country’s more-than-a-millennia-old continuous hereditary monarchy in an effort to keep it alive amid a shrinking imperial family.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of reforming

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