as in comforting
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as in assuring
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 reassuring
Janine Schindler, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
After a tense period without contact, mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) received a reassuring beacon tone late on December 26, confirming Parker's health and operational status.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Countries in Africa, Central Asia, and, to a lesser extent, Latin America found Moscow’s ability to defend an allied regime from domestic turbulence and toppling reassuring.
—Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
In one clip, Kate ran her fingers through Louis' hair and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
That phrasing is more reassuring to other team members than not saying anything at all.
—Janine Schindler, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
After a tense period without contact, mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) received a reassuring beacon tone late on December 26, confirming Parker's health and operational status.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Countries in Africa, Central Asia, and, to a lesser extent, Latin America found Moscow’s ability to defend an allied regime from domestic turbulence and toppling reassuring.
—Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
In one clip, Kate ran her fingers through Louis' hair and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reassuring
Adjective
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Naturally, these delicate birds give her life a soothing meaning.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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With its sweet berry and citrus flavor profile, Sunset Sherbet is perfect for those craving a soothing, candy-like vibe.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Jamie’s lieutenant Bixby eventually reaches the church, assuring Claire that Jamie is bound to come any minute.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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But what if the real power for helping people and assuring sensible government went the other way?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For Max, the Nielsen shoutout is an encouraging sign.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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The stock is also trading above all its important moving averages, which is also an encouraging sign.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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At Aalto University, Amiri, the sustainability researcher, is also hopeful that the trend can grow globally—including in the U.S.—
Maddy Savage,
TIME,
18 Jan. 2025
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Addressing pressing concerns such as identity, religious trauma, displacement and the challenge to stay hopeful in an increasingly difficult world, Oladokun displayed a knack for making her personal thoughts relatable to the masses.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The coal industry is optimistic about the sector’s prospects under Trump, despite the drop in production during the first Trump administration, according to a recent report by S&P Global.—
David Gelles,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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But Lazar and Fuhrman were optimistic about school — to a point.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Chop Robinson came on to seem like a promising pick moving forward.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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The case attracted international attention at the time not only because the victim — a promising artistic soul with several short films already to his name — was the child of a celebrity, but because the driver was apparently famous as well.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But the mood within the players has been decidedly more upbeat all season long than the negativity swirling in the fan base.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Cucinelli was upbeat about the potential of the U.S. and China markets.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Reassuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reassuring. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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