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Recent Examples of recoverable
With headquarters in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab can launch vehicles from the USA as well as from its A and B launch pads on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula for its partly-recoverable, smaller payload, two-stage Electron rockets.
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New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
These are not recoverable shortfalls.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Using multiple overwrite methods ensures that files, partitions, or entire drives are permanently deleted and not recoverable.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
Dawn Technologies is focused on separating cotton-polyester textile waste into recoverable components.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
But only a small fraction of that is estimated to be recoverable, both technically and in terms of reasonable costs.
—Promise Longe, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
The vehicles can also be built to be recoverable in support of ever-changing mission needs.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
According to research firm Wood Mackenzie, Venezuela has at least 241 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
The Eaton Fire Survivors Network is urging Southern California Edison to provide up to $200,000 per household in a temporary housing advance that’d be fully recoverable.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
These are not recoverable shortfalls.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Using multiple overwrite methods ensures that files, partitions, or entire drives are permanently deleted and not recoverable.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
Dawn Technologies is focused on separating cotton-polyester textile waste into recoverable components.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
But only a small fraction of that is estimated to be recoverable, both technically and in terms of reasonable costs.
—Promise Longe, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
The vehicles can also be built to be recoverable in support of ever-changing mission needs.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
According to research firm Wood Mackenzie, Venezuela has at least 241 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
The Eaton Fire Survivors Network is urging Southern California Edison to provide up to $200,000 per household in a temporary housing advance that’d be fully recoverable.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recoverable
Adjective
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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
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He might be better served by taking his own advice before dissing so many of his fellow rappers on publicly retrievable jail calls.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is among the most common childhood cancers and is considered highly curable, Kevin said the treatment process is a long one and Grayson still has another two to three years to go.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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These disagreements are not curable pathologies but permanent features of a free society.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Gift certificates will still be redeemable until the closure.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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In addition, 25 golden eggs were also available that officials said would be redeemable for special prizes.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The weekend ended with an entertaining display of the sort of effort that’s been absent for so long from the annual exhibition, and while these two things aren’t necessarily related, Sunday’s showcase suggests that even the league’s seemingly most intractable flaws might be remediable.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Right now the 20-point plan is in effect halted while Trump’s deputies make efforts to determine which of its deficiencies are remediable.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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The material’s standout feature is its capacity for rapid, reversible assembly controlled by vibrational patterns.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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This reversible dog harness has two prints for a versatile and stylish look.—
Jessie Quinn,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Recoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoverable. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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