recoups

present tense third-person singular of recoup
1
as in regains
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 compensates
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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Verb
  • A little over half of that burden will hit farmers directly in the form of falling retail prices, SBI said, unless the government compensates for the loss.
    Sriram Iyer, executive editor, CNBC-TV18, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • Hurricanes force a turnover Justin Scott forces a fumble, Jakobe Thomas recovers on Notre Dame’s first play of their second drive.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The outfield is currently featuring Giancarlo Stanton in Aaron Judge's place, as Judge recovers from a right flexor strain.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • Perhaps one of them emerges as the prolific goalscorer that a Premier League title-winning Chelsea team likely needs, or perhaps Maresca can create a collective alchemy that recaptures the peculiar magic of that City team in 2020-21.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Medicaid reimburses up to $125 for a home-health visit from a skilled nurse, or about $200 per day of hospice care, Pentzer said, while a day in the hospital costs an average of about $3,000.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Medicare reimburses ambulance rides for dialysis when patients have a medical need for assistance.
    Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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  • If the system retrieves academic papers, responses might become more formal.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Tamsin, matter-of-fact, pulls on her dress and retrieves her swimsuit.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • What To Know Within the results showing Americans' new tilt toward wanting the war to end quickly whether Ukraine reclaims lost territory or not, there is a divide along party lines.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Gabrielle Nadig, DaCosta, and Thompson herself, HEDDA emerges as both homage and reinvention—an exploration of desire and destruction that reclaims a timeless character for a new generation.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Recoups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoups. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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