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convalescent

[kon-vuh-les-uhnt] / ˌkɒn vəˈlɛs ənt /


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Born in Helsinki, Schjerfbeck permanently injured her hip in a childhood fall and apparently began to draw as a convalescent.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

Around 6 a.m., radio traffic from the area called for more help evacuating a “four-story convalescent home” at the address of the MonteCedro community.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2025

Aultmore was later used as World War Two convalescent hospital and a finishing school owned by a New Zealand-born spy who survived imprisonment in Colditz.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2023

She bounced around, from LA’s notorious Skid Row to various convalescent homes while her daughter lived at a shelter.

From Seattle Times Jun. 20, 2023

“Unless you find something else I’m afraid you will have to go back to the front when you are through with your jaundice. I don’t believe self-inflicted jaundice entitles you to a convalescent leave.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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