as in to recover
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu
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Recent Examples of recuperate
The Knicks now must lick their wounds, recuperate and regroup for Game 6 at MSG on Friday.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
But some day we will be compelled to take time to recuperate for the strenuous life.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
Later The feline is recuperating at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 2 May 2025
Bolton said at the time that the surgery was a success and that he was focused on recuperating at home.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
But some day we will be compelled to take time to recuperate for the strenuous life.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
Later The feline is recuperating at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 2 May 2025
Bolton said at the time that the surgery was a success and that he was focused on recuperating at home.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperate
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Lawmakers are acting with urgency in a special session because the professional sports teams face an end of June deadline to accept a competing offer from Kansas while residents in St. Louis are struggling to recover from May storms that caused an estimated $1.6 billion of damage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2025
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Iran's Military Setbacks The missile fuel shipments come as Iran seeks to recover from Israeli strikes that targeted its missile production facilities and proxy forces across Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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“Recuperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperate. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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