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as in to recover
to regain a former or normal state
the economy will rebound from this latest slump
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Recent Examples of rebound
C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
In his first 10 years in the league Oubre has averaged 13.3 points with 4.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 655 games (311 starts).
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
Herndon has shown resilience, rebounding from a TKO loss to Richard Torrez in October 2023 by winning three consecutive fights, most recently a split-decision victory in May 2024.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
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Verb
Johnson was in high demand league-wide after a career-best offensive season, averaging 18.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 57 games, while shooting 47.5% from the field and 39% from 3-point range.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
In his first 10 years in the league Oubre has averaged 13.3 points with 4.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 655 games (311 starts).
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
Noun
Colorado cut the lead to 7-6 in the eighth on Fulford’s two-run double, but the Brewers rebounded with three runs in the bottom of the frame.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
Herndon has shown resilience, rebounding from a TKO loss to Richard Torrez in October 2023 by winning three consecutive fights, most recently a split-decision victory in May 2024.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebound
Verb
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Police recovered a knife covered with his and Russo’s DNA from Zisopoulos’ front pants pocket.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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Their multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurse practitioners and therapists have the knowledge and experience to support clients to cope, recover, and break free from mental illness.—
Rhiannon Frater,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Amazon $350 Target Sony’s hallowed WH-1000XM4 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) headphones have been bouncing up and down in price since the XM5 was released.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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Choi sees a larger change coming to smartphones in the future that involves relying on AI agents to accomplish tasks, like watching a movie, sharing a recipe or booking a vacation, instead of bouncing between apps.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
Noun
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While nobody in college football is condoning that type of reaction from fans, the emotions of losing The Game are what will keep it relevant even in an era when the stakes aren’t as high, Carpenter said.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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So there's going to be a strong reaction in both directions for this mystery houseguest.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Progress in Brussels: $9 Billion to Save 8 Million Lives On June 25th, the same day a NATO summit was taking place in Hague, the European Commission and the Gates Foundation helped rally world leaders and philanthropists to commit $9 billion at a landmark summit in Brussels.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Though various industries, including the fashion community, have rallied to help support local residents rebuild their lives in the aftermath of the historic damage, many Angelenos are still in the process of taking stock of what was lost.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
Noun
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This appears to be in response to longstanding criticism from patient and healthcare provider groups that the process of getting pre-approval from health plans for reimbursement of healthcare services and technologies is too onerous.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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In response, state workers and their unions maintained a pressure campaign to urge Newsom to reconsider both the return-to-office order and pausing pay raises.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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“Rebound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebound. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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