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verb

past tense of recover
1
as in retrieved
to get again in one's possession after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys

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as in rebounded
to regain a former or normal state after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory

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as in recycled
to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product the process of recovering aluminum from old cans

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Recent Examples of recovered
Adjective
The solvent then binds with the CO₂, which is then, in turn, heated by the recovered exhaust gas. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026 That person was Empey, and investigators confirmed that the recovered gear belonged to him. Rose Evans july 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2026 Over the years, the Aerospace Corporation has studied recovered pressure vessels like those from the Australian affair. Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026 Insist on real-time visibility before automation, on plant-wide telemetry before line-level robots and on outcomes measured in recovered tons and bale quality—not in machine uptime. R. Paul Singh, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The company did not, however, discuss how the recovered capital would impact its consumer base. Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 30 June 2026 The recovered gun was previously reported stolen in southwest suburban Bedford Park. Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026 Investigators were able to conduct a limited interview of the victim before his death and responded to the scene last week and recovered evidence, Becchina said. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026 Loaves & Fishes will receive recovered protein and produce at no cost from Hunger at Home, which will be reimbursed for the cost of recovering and delivering the ingredients. Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
Verb
However, by Monday morning officials said many more people were aboard than listed, and that the number of people still missing was unclear after 229 people were rescued and five bodies recovered. ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Roman Reigns hit a third spear and the referee recovered in time to count to three. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Games also tend to assume an eventual salvage economy, where materials are recovered and reused in space. Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Sheriff’s detectives recovered a reciprocating saw from Bogatiryov’s home that appeared to contain blood, said Covelli. Barbara Vitello, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 Barrow County Sheriff’s Office investigator Jason Smith read aloud from notebooks recovered after the shooting that outlined Colt’s plans in striking detail. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 No one remembers the countless teams that never recovered in the face of long odds. Dennis Lin, New York Times, 26 July 2026 Orlando police issued a warning about the scam in June 2025, stating roughly 200 fake stickers had been recovered from downtown meters. Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026 SpaceX previously recovered and re-flew Super Heavy boosters two times with the Starship Version 2 design, but not with Version 3. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recovered
Adjective
  • But the tale of the shitty guy who uses his ‘saved’ status to avoid scrutiny of his current choices?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Spotify noted that the album is one of the most pre-saved album Countdown Pages in platform history, with more than five million presaves.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • After a fracture, the body moves through overlapping stages of repair that include inflammation, formation of new tissue and, later, remodeling of the repaired area.
    Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
  • To help prevent future settling, monitor the area weekly and add 1/2 inch or less of your soil mix as a top dressing to the repaired area.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • His drive to right field went over the Tigers bullpen and was retrieved by a fan on the lawn.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The raw footage sat in a Kansas salt mine for decades, until it was retrieved by Lurhmann’s team.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Clark rebounded from there, but his Triple-A play was far from smooth.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Yankees rebounded from a pair of consecutive extra-inning losses against the White Sox on Chicago's South Side and have won six of nine overall.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • With Julie’s return, family secrets and wounds that never fully healed will resurface —but so will a strange phenomenon from which no one will emerge unscathed.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 July 2026
  • Bateman said he's received thousands of messages from viewers, with everything from parents reaching out for advice to people sharing how the video healed something in them.
    Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • The latest accomplishment has been standardizing what materials can be recycled across four out of five households.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Batteries need to be carefully recycled according to type and fire risk.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2026
Adjective
  • The law also added a requirement that heavy water users (over 100,000 gallons a day) must use reclaimed water, or water that has been used and cleaned, to offset their use of fresh, drinkable water.
    Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • Guests can hike, cycle, or ski up to Moonshack, a secluded cabin built from reclaimed timber next to an observatory with a telescope on par with those used by major research universities.
    Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
Adjective
  • It is earned in increments, and a fixed level of autonomy ignores that completely.
    Ravi Palwe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • On the first Thursday over 100,000 fans visited a complex which has around half that many fixed seats.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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“Recovered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recovered. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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