rehabbing

verb

present participle of rehab
as in rehabilitating
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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  1. rehabilitating
  2. healing
  3. curing
  4. fixing
Verb
  • 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
  • Several countries in Europe have set models for rehabilitating a democracy with fair and judicial retribution against former officials deemed accountable for wrongdoing.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of rehabilitating
Verb
  • Anything starts to look possible in Ricki’s presence, even healing.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Grande, who was healing from a minor foot injury, addressed the crowd from the stage while sitting on a stool overlooking the thousands gathered at O2 Arena.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of healing
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  • The whole system runs on curing the harvest each fall and drawing it down slowly, month after month, until the next crop starts arriving around October.
    — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Material profiles, printer settings, wash cycles, and curing profiles all work together automatically.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of curing
Verb
  • Companies invest heavily in modernization, AI, analytics and new platforms because they’re told fixing their data will solve everything.
    — Kevin Campbell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Any attempt to fix a break from rock falls or flash floods is precarious and costly and can take time, so fixing the latest damage will be complicated.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of fixing
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“Rehabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehabbing. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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