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heals

  • present tense form
    of heal (3rd person singular).
    heal
    verb (used with object)
    to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.

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If I could boil my formula for the future of dementia care into two words, it would be this: Hope heals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

The organization is continuing to provide treatment and observation as he heals, with the goal of helping him recover and eventually find a new home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

But time heals all boring Main Events and fans were not ready to see Cena go out with a whimper in his final match.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

In 1986, an article in the New Journal of Medicine by Dr. Harold Dvorak suggested that cancer behaves very much like a wound that never heals.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 10, 2025

This bush has poisonous berries, yet its wood often heals wounds that nothing else will.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell