rehabilitative

adjective

as in remedial

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Recent Examples of rehabilitative Trump’s order calls for veterans from around the country to come for rehabilitative services. — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 This highly specialized surgical and rehabilitative care is best delivered in a facility like the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, which is specifically designed for kids and staffed with specialists in pediatric care. — Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026 Defendants may be screened for diversion programming, which redirects eligible individuals away from conviction and toward rehabilitative services, such as substance use or domestic violence offender treatment. — Rebecca Dunlea, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 San Diego’s leadership should recognize the urgency of these challenges as part of a broader civic agenda and increase resources for early interventions that are rehabilitative rather than punitive. — Muhammad Aquil, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 Her mother responded that prison was meant to be rehabilitative. — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026 The goal is to reduce wait times by having patients receive physician, diagnostic, operative and rehabilitative care all in one location. — Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2026 Proceeds will go to the Resident Recreation Fund, which provides programs and activities for those living at the center, which offers long- and short-term rehabilitative services to DuPage County residents. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026 Among the 13 categories deemed high risk for fraud are adult companion, day and rehabilitative mental health services, individualized home supports, residential treatment services and more. — Riley Moser, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabilitative
  1. remedial
  2. corrective
  3. curative
  4. restorative
  5. recuperative
  6. medicinal
  7. refreshing
  8. healthful
Adjective
  • From establishing global fuel standards to creating a 'remedial units' system to offset excess emissions to assisting developing countries with capacity building, a lot of work is underway to clean up shipping.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • Total costs for protecting drinking water to federal standards for PFAS will exceed $1 billion in Minnesota, including drinking water treatment, investigation, and remedial actions.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Definition of remedial
Adjective
  • The International Monetary Fund said in May that global oil price hikes were eating into mineral export profits — which are a key source of income for the DR Congo, a global mining hub — calling for corrective measures to cushion the shock.
    — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
  • The weekly stochastics have turned higher from oversold territory, a bullish near-term development that previously marked corrective lows in both January 2025 and January 2026.
    — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of corrective
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, there are cases where an individual’s illness is so advanced that there is no curative treatment available.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
  • For patients, the result could be faster access to curative therapies rather than waiting for annual budgets, coverage decisions, and funding constraints to catch up with scientific advances.
    — William V. Padula, STAT, 8 June 2026
Definition of curative
Adjective
  • From the Atlantic shoreline to the Catskills, some of the state’s most restorative summer escapes are just a short escape from New York City.
    — Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • These are timeless words; a valuable caution for our own times when national security or restorative justice are invoked to use race to serve the politically popular view of the moment.
    — Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Definition of restorative
Adjective
  • Types of calming aid There are a few different ways to tackle anxiety, both as a preventive and recuperative means.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Riverwork, only her second novel after a lifetime of ludic, elliptical poetry, assigns itself an essentially recuperative and archival undertaking.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Definition of recuperative
Adjective
  • The actual Tann was born to free parents and, according to some sources, served in the Union Army before moving to Kansas, where he became known for combining medicinal treatment with physical therapy.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • With a history that stretches back to 1221, this is considered the world’s oldest pharmacy, where Dominican friars produced medicinal tinctures and perfumes.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
Definition of medicinal
Adjective
  • Another example came from Tinic’s IT team, which created an autonomous AI agent to handle almost the entire process for refreshing a worker’s laptop.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 8 July 2026
  • From Solaire’s Pool Bar & Grill, watch the sky shift through shades of gold, orange and pink while enjoying refreshing drinks and light bites.
    — Ching Dee, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of refreshing
Adjective
  • The couple has a passion for healthful eating and taking care of the environment, providing for the land that provides for them, as Hakenah Hulitt put it.
    — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Potatoes are generally considered a more healthful option than rice due to their lower calorie content and higher fiber, iron, potassium, and vitamin B6 content.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026
Definition of healthful

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“Rehabilitative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehabilitative. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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