as in to assure
to ease the grief or distress of
tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall
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Recent Examples of reassure
Despite the cuts, Skinner reassured patients that clinics would remain open and continue to serve patients with Medicaid.
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Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
But today, millions do that, not just because people trust Uber, as an institution, but because a peer-to-peer ratings system—the surveillance of the crowd—reassures both passengers and drivers.
—Yasmin Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025
Earlier this week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reassured New Yorkers that authorities were taking measures to monitors sharks along the state's beaches, particularly on Long Island, ahead of the holiday weekend.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
For Northwest Indiana families, that should be reassuring.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
But today, millions do that, not just because people trust Uber, as an institution, but because a peer-to-peer ratings system—the surveillance of the crowd—reassures both passengers and drivers.
—Yasmin Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025
Earlier this week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reassured New Yorkers that authorities were taking measures to monitors sharks along the state's beaches, particularly on Long Island, ahead of the holiday weekend.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
For Northwest Indiana families, that should be reassuring.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassure
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The French club’s Europa League participation next season was assured.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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Police have assured that the scene is a stunt and not a real emergency.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
11 July 2025
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In a ward of Nasser hospital in southern Gaza a woman is comforting her crying, 16-month-old granddaughter, one of those affected by what aid workers say is a surge of meningitis cases among the Palestinian territory's children.—
Olivia Le Poidevin,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Still, there was something comforting about the old days, when on meant on, off meant off, and our appliances and cars couldn’t eavesdrop or talk back.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
3 July 2025
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One 2013 study found that the sound of waves relaxed people more than soothing music, so perhaps that is what’s having an effect.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Trump had sought to deliver peace by soothing U.S. relations with Russia and distancing Washington from Ukraine, but now sees himself as misled by Putin.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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“Reassure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassure. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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