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reassure

[ree-uh-shoor, -shur] / ˌri əˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr /


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Alvarez's coworkers reassure her that annual visitors to the resort town will be back next year.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

The town hall was a chance for someone, anyone, to take the lead and say something that would reassure a furious Eastside.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

It’s expensive and time-consuming to hire employees, so they always want to reassure themselves that they are making the right choice.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

Fink and other BlackRock staffers soon moved to reassure red-state officials that the company wasn’t against fossil fuels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Before he could say anything else to reassure his friend, he noticed Sunjin shrinking, his unhappiness palpable.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

He reassures them, noting that many healthy older adults have amyloid buildup but not all of them develop Alzheimer’s disease.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

The lack of clear outcomes from the Xi-Trump meeting, though, "likely reassures Moscow that Xi did not strike any understanding with Trump that would materially undercut Russian interests".

From Barron's May 20, 2026

"Right now I feel calmer than before, because pork is subject to more controls, and that reassures me when it comes to buying," says another shopper, Nati Martínez.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2026

"What we heard from the mediators and the US president reassures us that the war in Gaza is over," he told Egypt's Al-Qahera News TV .

From BBC Oct. 21, 2025

“Yes. She’s...been brief but reassures me that she’ll be coming back soon. I spoke with her mother on the phone this afternoon, but she said Erin wasn’t in. She was a bit curt with me.”

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

His attempts to play down the magnitude of the disruption reassured crude-oil markets, and massive releases of crude from global reserves helped contain a steep rise in gasoline prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

But the social media star reassured the Carvilles that his offer was genuine.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

The Cliffwater representatives reported that they had talked to Afiniti’s lead lender, who reassured them that the company was hitting all of its key performance indicators.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

Despite the strikes, she said proximity to the Lavra still reassured her.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

“It will be all right now,” Andrew reassured her.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

People trusted his read on the economy precisely because he was more interested in being right than in sounding reassuring.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

This has been reassuring to some in the party.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

“Strategically Micron took a significant step towards reassuring investors that its business model has fundamentally changed in an AI era,” Deutsche Bank analyst Melissa Weathers said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

“Bibi was reassuring to Trump that we have a lot of capability,” Graham said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Dr. Spires held out a pamphlet, flashing a reassuring smile.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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