recoup

1
as in to recapture
to get again in one's possession tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine

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2
as in to compensate
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle

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Recent Examples of recoup Those private insurers can then temporarily add surcharges to the premiums paid by their own policyholders to recoup 50% of that, or $500,000. Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025 Medicare Advantage plans are also set to receive a major pay bump next year, which Witty said will help the company recoup its losses. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025 Do some research to see what people in your area are charging to make sure your price fits and can recoup your upfront costs. Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025 Stripe has recouped much of its $95 billion value through a series of annual tender offers — the last of which valued it at $91.5 billion. Ryan Lawler, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recoup
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Verb
  • Alas, recapturing that magic on the movie screen has proved elusive.
    EW.com, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Remember, when the market crashed in 1929, the Dow would not recapture its Roaring ’20s high until 1954.
    Ron Insana, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • If your core isn’t doing its job, other muscles have to try and compensate.
    Danielle Zickl, SELF, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In the early going, good starting pitching and an explosive offense have compensated for some of the bullpen issues.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • They are all expected to fully recover, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare officials said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Six patients who were hospitalized in relation to the shooting are in stable condition and expected to fully recover, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said Friday.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Williams-Paisley regained her ability to speak out loud again immediately following the surgery.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Banchero hit his first three 3s and posted 19 points in the first half to help the Magic regain the lead.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2025
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  • The plans, which are privately run but reimbursed with taxpayer money, will see payments increase by 5.1 percent under a final Trump administration rule, for a total increase of about $30 billion.
    Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Of the $16,000, Burns reimbursed the school for more than $7,000 and provided documentation for the rest after school officials met with Burns in late January about the audit’s findings.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • Lawyers for Khalil disputed the government’s account of the situation and said Khalil’s wife went into their apartment to retrieve his Green Card only for the agents to arrest him.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Trend Micro said that the de-obfuscated script in the ransom note executed a PowerShell command which performs a multi-stage operation: retrieving a ransomware loader (cwiper.exe), ktool.exe and other PowerShell scripts.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • While Trump didn't explicitly endorse any specific plan to circumvent this rule, some have speculated that a scenario could unfold where Vice President JD Vance becomes president in 2028 and steps aside to allow Trump to reclaim the office.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In some cases, a text scammer will be able to extract enough of a response to track down the person’s social media accounts and lock them out and people are willing to pay to reclaim their accounts.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Recoup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoup. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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