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
Blackburn has introduced several bills aimed at regulating artificial intelligence and establishing legal recourse for victims of AI abuse.
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Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s little recourse people can take to protect themselves against this threat, other than opting to stop using sites that require such data.
—ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2025
That means families and estates have no legal recourse when someone uses AI to humiliate or misrepresent their loved one.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Lower than proletariat workers, the lumpenproletariat includes the indigent and the unemployable, those cast out of the workforce with no recourse, or those who can’t enter it in the first place, such as young workers in times of economic depression.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
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Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s little recourse people can take to protect themselves against this threat, other than opting to stop using sites that require such data.
—ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2025
That means families and estates have no legal recourse when someone uses AI to humiliate or misrepresent their loved one.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Lower than proletariat workers, the lumpenproletariat includes the indigent and the unemployable, those cast out of the workforce with no recourse, or those who can’t enter it in the first place, such as young workers in times of economic depression.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recourse
Noun
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But if you too have been mesmerized by the Belle Époque aesthetics of recent video games like Lies of P and Clair Obscur, Halloween is the perfect opportunity to put on a red beret and parry with the best of them.—
James Factora,
Them.,
17 Oct. 2025
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Arteta will need to use this as an opportunity to get more from other players in the squad.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Several people at the meeting expressed the desire for more communication around resources that are available to small-business owners.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
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The key to Riverside’s dominance was Lorch’s vast financial resources.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Recourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recourse. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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