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• n  the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence

• What "reassurance" was expected from the speech tonight, Karen?.
• McCain enjoys no such benefit of the doubt, and so he had to offer blunt reassurance.
• His dark blue eyes dart left and right in search of the familiar reassurance of his mother's face.

News & Articles

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• RTC: LaRon Landry 'brings ugly' to Colts
  Reading the coverage … Houston Texans Ed Reed offered reassurance that all will be fine with regard to his surgically repaired hip, says Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle. Reed is still not sure precisely when he will be back. Ganguli points us to video of Tom Brady’s kick at Reed in the AFC Championship Game that Reed said he thinks caused his hip issue. Tim Dobbins stands by his decision ...
  June 12, 2013 - ESPN Blogs
• State House panel considers options aimed at preventing seafood mislabeling in Massachusetts
  Massachusetts consumers may soon get reassurance that the fish they order in restaurants is actually what ends up on their plates.        
  June 11, 2013 - Boston Globe
• Chinese Reassurances Rejuvenate the Big 3 Mining Stocks
  Chinese Reassurances Rejuvenate the Big 3 Mining Stocks        
  June 10, 2013 - The Motley Fool

Quotes

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• John Updike in FOXNews
  I just accept the reassurance,Updike, who attends an Episcopalian church, told the AP when asked about his faith. "I remember the times when I was wrestling with these issues that I would feel crushed. I was crushed by the purely...
• Robert Gates in Wall Street Journal
  The international community has offered the Iranian government multiple opportunities to provide reassurance on its intentions,Mr. Gates said. "The results have been very disappointing."
• Mia Farrow in 940 News
  They wanted some reassurance that we were not here to disrupt the torch relay, which of course we are not,Farrow said later.