- present participle of heal.
healing
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Hilton’s family said in the statement that healing for his children and niece was their highest priority.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The healing power of music is here, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"I'm healing," she told the US breakfast TV show, Today.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The keratin membranes also remained stable during the healing process and integrated smoothly with the surrounding tissue.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
I s’pose I’ll be healing till the end of my days.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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Video tapes of Joshua's healings were circulating among evangelical churches throughout Europe and Africa in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024
Some called it the “Lourdes of America” in honor of the French shrine where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared followed by healings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
“The church tends to be very skeptical about claims of miraculous healings, until they can be proven that they’re not attributable to science or anything else.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Each village had several shamans, who specialized in various divinations, healings and funeral rites.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023
This should come as no surprise, for in Miss Lumley’s day, séances, Ouija boards, hypnotic healings, and the like were very much in fashion.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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