rehab
Americannoun
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rehabs
plural
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rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions.
He's been sober since coming out of rehab.
She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
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a rehabilitated building.
adjective
verb (used with object)
noun
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short for rehabilitation
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treatment for drink or drug addiction
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informal short for Rehabilitation Department
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Etymology
Origin of rehab
By shortening
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His “Receding Portrait” takes readers on a fictional trip down the one-way staircase of old age, where a fall leads to hospitalization, hospitalization to rehab, rehab to recovery and recovery to another fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Díaz began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City in early September.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
What happened to your friend is an all-too-common occurrence, and Medicare can foot the cost for necessary inpatient rehab, as long as its eligibility requirements are met.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Gerber, a model, passed away at a rehab facility on Sunday, according to records filed by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
In the fall of 2004 he entered a cardiac rehab program like Miele’s, only less convenient.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
And even when patients do spend the time and money to enter treatment, rehabs fail them.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
In response, they are more selective in the projects they choose, focusing on lighter rehabs and faster turnarounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
“Samples from small mammals are rolling in now and things at the wildlife rehabs pick up substantially in spring,” he says.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 29, 2024
For a player whose career was once a Groundhog’s Day deluge of recycled rehabs, will a Heisman spotlight be harder to handle?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
“Suneep, you’ve been involved in some rehabs, right?”
From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
“Medicaid reduced the claim from $260,000 down to $100,000 and then the city of Lynn loaned $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity, which rehabbed the home and gave Gunning a lease,” Ford said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“We had a vision of how these houses could be rehabbed, and we looked at the price tags, did the math and figured we could make a 30% to 40% return on our investment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Many of the men being rehabbed by the right, though, don’t meet this standard.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025
Although he felt sheepish about selling his rehabbed vintage knives among the works of more established artists, his mother encouraged him to “give it a try.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
“Every summer the other whatnots will be sent away for updating, and the storage areas will be rehabbed in their absence,” the woman said.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
“I have been just rehabbing like a maniac, sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber, red lighting my way back.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Carlos Alcaraz will not defend his French Open title because of a wrist injury, while world number seven Taylor Fritz has been resting and rehabbing a long-term knee problem since March.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
For the first time since he signed his $700 million contract with the Dodgers, Ohtani isn’t rehabbing an arm injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
That’s a frightening thing, considering Paramount has already announced plans to continue rehabbing disgraced “Melania” director Brett Ratner’s career with a new “Rush Hour” film.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
It was a temporary gig, and after five months he moved on to rehabbing homes in the city—another temporary job.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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