RE-COVERED Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

past tense of recover

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 healed

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness I see you're recovering well from the accident

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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

Those additions can complicate sorting and downstream recycling or reduce the quality of the recovered material. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 The recovered vehicle will be returned to Texas for analysis to improve future Starship designs. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Getting Starship’s heat shield back, and then putting the recovered tiles through tests in the laboratory or even on future Starship flights, might help answer this question. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 The recovered paintings are Paul Cezanne’s Still Life with Cherries (1890), Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s late-career Les Poissons (1917), and Henri Matisse’s Odalisque on the Terrace (1922). — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Authorities estimated the recovered property was worth approximately $250,000. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Royce had not yet been buried because her remains were severely burned and the identification of recovered body parts was still underway. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 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

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Some production could be recovered once fields dry, making a rebound in Brazilian sugar content or faster harvesting one of the clearest downside risks to prices. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026 The Broncos’ special teams unit recovered a punt in the first half that led directly to a 38-yard receiving touchdown from junior running back Sire Gaines. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026 After Evan Stewart muffed a punt and the Broncos recovered, Sire Gaines scored on a 37-yard reception to give Boise State the lead again. — Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Police said drugs and drug paraphernalia were also recovered during the investigation. — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026 The researchers also did not provide a cost estimate for the uranium recovered in their experiments. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026 But away from these miraculous rescues, the death toll continues to rise – two bodies were recovered from the same site where Lu was found – and other families are still enduring an agonizing wait for news of missing relatives. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 When Mark went to check on his son, he was also shot several times but was treated in the hospital and recovered. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026 Animals can have their protections stripped after their species are deemed to have recovered. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 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

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The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of repaired

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Environmentalists and lawmakers agree the new law will be expensive for large businesses that have to reduce their packaging or find alternative materials that can be recycled or composted.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Periods without food are necessary for transitioning our bodies into maintenance processes such as autophagy, in which damaged or unnecessary cellular components are broken down and recycled, Serlie explained.

— Maggie Donahue, HEALTH, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of recycled

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

Definition of reclaimed

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Because living expenses form a critical part of retirement planning, the study operated under the baseline assumption that retirees live on a fixed income.

— Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
The precise spectacle changes daily because balloons travel with the wind rather than following a fixed route.

— Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026