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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"The rehab was to drive myself to get back into the ocean," said Williams, known as Sponge by friends.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
It’s a promising sign for a pitcher who twice had to shut down throwing early in his rehab when he aggravated the injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Given the quick initial capture, “we already knew she was sick or injured,” said Koh, the center’s volunteer rehab manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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
The rehab doctor was Dr. Fisher, who wasn’t really as funny as Dr. Winston, but she was nice.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
And even when patients do spend the time and money to enter treatment, rehabs fail them.
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
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
He ended up walking on at Oklahoma, but missed the entire season as he rehabbed his left knee.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
The city built a new prison, moved the inmates into their new quarters, then rehabbed the old prison and turned it into a high school.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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
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
"I've been rehabbing a complicated compound fracture in my wrist and a fractured L1 vertebra in my spine," Brockhoff said on Instagram.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Hollywood Heritage, a nonprofit, is rehabbing an 80-year-old miniature version of Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 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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