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Recent Examples of recoverable
The system as a whole is not recoverable, because it was never captured as a system.
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Pranay Ahlawat, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Roycemore School did not immediately respond to a Pioneer Press request for comment on the recoverable grant conditions or identify the source of the funding.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
These cataclysms locked inside the Delaware Basin more than 46 billion barrels of technically recoverable crude oil, and 281 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
Pranay Ahlawat, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Roycemore School did not immediately respond to a Pioneer Press request for comment on the recoverable grant conditions or identify the source of the funding.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
These cataclysms locked inside the Delaware Basin more than 46 billion barrels of technically recoverable crude oil, and 281 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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
Adjective
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Charli isn’t pretending the world’s ills are curable through a sweaty night dancing with friends.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Most thyroid cancers are permanently curable with treatment.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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For example, Accor Live Limitless points are now redeemable on the Orient Express Corinthian.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 2026
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The drafters concentrated on the coin, on whether a dollar token is genuinely worth a dollar and genuinely redeemable.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
26 May 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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As of now, there is unfortunately not much information disclosed about the design or any technical details of the reversible joints.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 June 2026
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At a meeting in May, the Planning Commission approved the temporary work after determining that the treatment would be reversible and would not damage the 97-year-old concrete letters.—
Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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“Recoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoverable. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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