often attributive
1
: the action or process of rehabilitating : rehabilitation
especially
: a program for rehabilitating especially drug or alcohol abusers
2
: a rehabilitated building or dwelling
rehab
verb
Synonyms
Examples of rehab in a Sentence
The rehab for his leg injury is going well.
the accident victim had to undergo months of rehab before she could walk again
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How did your experience in rehab in 2023 inform the past year for you?
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
The rehab facility was an hour and a half away by bus.
—Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2024
The podcast’s first season, which focused on the early behavior-modification rehab Synanon, hit No. 1 on the Apple Podcasts chart and won the 2023 Deadline Club Award for audio investigative reporting.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
Today, Knight and his organization, Dogs Matter, provide foster care for pets while their owners are in rehab.
—CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
The rehab facility was an hour and a half away by bus.
—Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2024
The podcast’s first season, which focused on the early behavior-modification rehab Synanon, hit No. 1 on the Apple Podcasts chart and won the 2023 Deadline Club Award for audio investigative reporting.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
Today, Knight and his organization, Dogs Matter, provide foster care for pets while their owners are in rehab.
—CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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rehab
noun
re·hab
ˈrē-ˌhab 
often attributive
: rehabilitation
especially
: a program for rehabilitating especially drug or alcohol abusers
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