reassure
verb (used with object)
to restore to assurance or confidence.
have been reassuring
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present perfect progressiveof reassure.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“While our conversations with the airports we cover have been reassuring regarding fuel supply to their core assets, the risk of capacity disruption remains high in the absence of further visibility,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Such a small incidence rate might have been reassuring for a lifesaving medical procedure, but given CoolSculpting is the definition of “optional,” I was sufficiently spooked.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2022
Prof James Hargreaves, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said there were some limitations with the study, and better follow-up in the schools studied would have been reassuring.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2021
Although some studies have been reassuring about the carcinogenic effects of the pre-donation hormonal treatments, the issue is by no means closed, as a 2014 scientific survey reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
This suggestion may have been reassuring to those unfamiliar with the Court’s equal protection jurisprudence.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
