in remission
idiom
of an illness
: in a stage during which symptoms are much less severe
Her cancer is in remission.
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No one could promise my cancer would stay away in remission.
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Eldiara Doucette, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
After almost a year in remission, Daugherty found out Oct. 18 that his cancer had come back for the fourth time.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
Someone is considered in remission after a year of sobriety.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
One woman, in her fifties and in remission from cancer, fixed a piercing gaze on me.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Eldiara Doucette, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
After almost a year in remission, Daugherty found out Oct. 18 that his cancer had come back for the fourth time.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
Someone is considered in remission after a year of sobriety.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
One woman, in her fifties and in remission from cancer, fixed a piercing gaze on me.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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“In remission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20remission. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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