RECOVERABLE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

recoverable

adjective

as in retrievable

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Recent Examples of recoverable Those are meaningful guardrails, but the industry-wide test is whether controls remain understandable, observable and recoverable when one workflow spans several platforms and something fails. — Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 In addition to the vehicle access tower, other recoverable infrastructure include a tank farm, the integration facility building adjacent the pad and a water tower. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026 The use of secrets recoverable from firmware as live credentials. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026 At the same time, mining operations around the world have generated enormous volumes of low-grade tailings that still contain recoverable metals but remain largely unused. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 The exhibition in 1985 was held in the same museum but in different spaces, and regarding the pieces on display, not all were recoverable. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 9 July 2026 Among the evidence being reviewed are witness statements, radar data, video footage and any recoverable electronic devices from the aircraft. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 June 2026

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And newer brands can build easily retrievable content and clean website architecture without worrying about legacy technical debt.

— Tyler Jordan, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The more intrepid our assertions of individual presence, the more makeshift seem our identities, the less retrievable our origins.

— Patrick R. Crowley, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026

Definition of retrievable

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And those hard-material limits are not remediable through belief.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
Others described disciplinary processes that escalated quickly and unpredictably, often tied to subjective assessments of behavior rather than remediable clinical skills.

— Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 1 June 2026

Definition of remediable

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Their deaths were avoidable, just as the strategy that put them in harm’s way was and remains reversible.

— Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
The researchers also found that protons could be stored and released repeatedly, indicating that their contribution was reversible.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

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