as in opportunity
something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available
a toddler quickly learns that a tantrum is a surefire recourse when a polite request for something is met with parental indifference
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Recent Examples of recourse
Ellison said during a press conference Sunday that if federal officials openly defy the court order, state officials will pursue legal recourse.
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Imani Cruzen, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
The best recourse for humans of IT might just be to upskill and team up with AI.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
With this enfeebled mind my only recourse is poetry.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
While platforms must now remove such content quickly, lawmakers argue that victims still lack meaningful legal recourse.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
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Imani Cruzen, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
The best recourse for humans of IT might just be to upskill and team up with AI.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
With this enfeebled mind my only recourse is poetry.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
While platforms must now remove such content quickly, lawmakers argue that victims still lack meaningful legal recourse.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recourse
Noun
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Job seekers in health care may have been able to find work, while opportunities in other sectors were more limited.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Maryland’s future should not be defined by higher costs, bigger government and shrinking opportunity.—
Steve Hershey,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from extraterrestrial rocks.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team.—
Alexandra Koch , Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Recourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recourse. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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