How to Use in remission in a Sentence
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The tough teen withstood the chemo treatments and is in remission.
—Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2022
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After a year, the results were the same in the placebo group and increased to 32% in remission in the treatment group.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
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Sena had been through four bouts of cancer, which was then in remission.
—Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2024
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Davis is in remission, works out six days a week, and helps his dad coach a high school basketball team.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 17 May 2023
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The second event was the return of my mother’s breast cancer, in remission for more than a decade and now in her bones.
—Sam Lipsyte, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
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None of the other 50 dogs in the trial stayed in remission nearly as long as Jellybean.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
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Last year, at the age of 17, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, but is now in remission.
—Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
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They’re given to those in remission with a high risk of relapse, Knutson said.
—Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 June 2023
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They’re given to those in remission with a high risk of relapse, Knutson says.
—Erin Prater, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2023
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Gregg, who was diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer in 2018, had been in remission for two years.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
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Bragg himself is in remission from cancer, and in his 60s is living in the basement of his mother’s house.
—David Holahan, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2021
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By 2017, Lou is in remission and their team is headed to the Super Bowl, which sparks the plan — not nearly as wild or crazy as the film presumes — for the four of them to attend.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
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Still, happy news came in June 2023, when Stephen’s doctor said his cancer was in remission.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
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Guests may be in remission from cancer, seeking to de-stress, or simply trying to lose weight.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Jan. 2023
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Spoiler alert: Simon, at film’s end, is in remission and is healing.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2023
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After months of treatment, Gray was declared in remission on May 6, but her journey was still far from over.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
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Her lupus is in remission, blood pressure is good, the kidney is working like it’s supposed to.
—Lucy Feldman, TIME, 29 May 2024
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The cancer, in remission for seven years, had returned.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
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Now in remission, Shuler checks in with her physician once a year to make sure that the cancer that took away her ability to bear children doesn’t return.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
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The two remain in remission more than 10 years after the infusion, the researchers noted.
—Jacqueline Howard and Carma Hassan, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
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Kobelja had his fourth heart transplant last year and Givens is in remission from lymphoma.
—Jan Crawford, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2023
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Stacy Courtnay, 43, has been in remission for the last 10 years, but finding the right medication took some time.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 20 Oct. 2021
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Jane Fonda, the actress and activist whose career spans back to the 1960s, announced Thursday that her cancer is in remission.
—Erin Pflaumer, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2022
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Later that summer, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and was in remission by that fall.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
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The teen, who has been in remission since 2013, also continues to go to checkups with an oncologist once a year.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
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Through the transportation service, Sharon was able to make every appointment and is now in remission.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
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Donzello is in remission after three bouts with leukemia and has some lasting effects such as problems with her eyesight and lungs.
—Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
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Now he’s lost 44 pounds, 20 percent of his original weight, and his diabetes is in remission.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 14 June 2023
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The decision comes about two months since Raskin, a two-time cancer survivor, announced that his diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was in remission.
—Erin Cox, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
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Marie-Céleste, who was hoping her breast cancer was in remission, played nurse, attending to my parents’ every need.
—Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
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