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reassuring

adjective as in encouraging

adjective as in heartening

adjective as in promising

adjective as in soothing

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“It’s reassuring, at the margins, to growth and tech investors that you are seeing more broad-based participation,” she said.

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The scene she depicts even imitates her real life: Kahlo actually kept a smaller, papier-mâché skeleton atop her own canopy bed in Mexico City as a reassuring symbol of death’s ubiquity.

That has put pressure on Nvidia’s earnings, scheduled for after the close on Wednesday, to save the day by reassuring investors.

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Alexander gave his brother a reassuring swipe of his paw—that is to say, hand.

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Returning to her chair, she drew the Incorrigibles close to her and tried her best to sound reassuring.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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