Thesaurus results for RE-CYCLE

recycle

verb

(ˌ)rē-ˈsī-kəl

as in to recover

to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound

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Recent Examples of recycle All items should be empty, clean and dry before they are recycled. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026 Bonta sued Exxon in September 2024, saying that the oil giant encouraged consumers to purchase plastics products with the promise that the products would be recycled. —

ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026 The pieces are ultra-light, and eco-friendly, mixing recycled down and wadding padding. —

Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026 And encouragingly, a new study highlighted by Grist shows the public is open to the idea of drinking water recycled from their own sewage. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recycle

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recover

Verb

Archaeologists recovered the skeleton in late 2025, and it is now being analyzed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
Scant artifacts survived those conditions, and almost all the porcelain recovered from the site consisted of shards.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026