rehab
Americannoun
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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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Origin of rehab
By shortening
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He said he will "take it easy for a couple of days and do the rehab" before returning to training in the near future.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"The rehab was to drive myself to get back into the ocean," said Williams, known as Sponge by friends.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Phillips, who last week talked about rewiring his rehab mindset, has already surrendered four home runs in just seven outings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
In his clash with the feds over his rehab center, Rucci forced the government to return $600,000 it had seized in the probe, which prosecutors said focused on Medicaid billing issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“If they were carting you around and using you to explain the rehab program, then why...?”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Over the course of my training, I’ve learned that evidence-based medical treatments are often not found within rehabs across the country.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
Lawsuits and federal cases allege that rehabs can charge insurance hundreds of thousands of dollars for a few months’ stay, but offer little in the way of treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Catchers Sofia Mujica and Maggie Daniel will split duties behind the plate while Alexis Ramirez rehabs from a torn ACL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 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
I wondered if she was the right person for the job: she seemed awfully enamored of the rehabs that Debra and her crew had performed.
From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory
“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
In one sequence, marine biologists lovingly restore a rehabbed coral polyp to a reef.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
However, he said he just broke even on the house that had to be rehabbed.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
“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
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
The Celtics were so prepared for a similarly long layoff that they sold off huge portions of their roster after Tatum’s injury, content to reset their finances while their leader spent the whole season rehabbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 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
He told reporters that he and Pelicans trainer Daniel Bove had come up with a strategy to address his fitness while rehabbing his hamstring and that he stuck to it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 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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