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Recent Examples of recoverable
The state’s 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act caps recoverable renovation expenses at $50,000 spread over 15 years.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Two years later, on April 26, 1949, a military board classified Bowden’s remains as non-recoverable.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Protestors fear that includes an institutional knowledge base that may not be recoverable.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In practical terms, the team says buildings could become recoverable energy materials, reducing the need to replace batteries or perform costly repairs.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
That difference is rarely recoverable.
—Ashok Reddy, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
If lawyers for the plaintiffs and the government did not reach a settlement, additional phases of litigation and further bellwether trials would likely determine the scope of recoverable damages for the remaining claimants, legal experts said in prior coverage of the consolidated cases.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Two years later, on April 26, 1949, a military board classified Bowden’s remains as non-recoverable.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Protestors fear that includes an institutional knowledge base that may not be recoverable.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In practical terms, the team says buildings could become recoverable energy materials, reducing the need to replace batteries or perform costly repairs.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
That difference is rarely recoverable.
—Ashok Reddy, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
If lawyers for the plaintiffs and the government did not reach a settlement, additional phases of litigation and further bellwether trials would likely determine the scope of recoverable damages for the remaining claimants, legal experts said in prior coverage of the consolidated cases.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recoverable
Adjective
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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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But this is 155 patients who otherwise should not have died of a potentially curable disease.—
Angus Chen,
STAT,
8 Jan. 2026
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Also, if caught early, prostate cancer is 99 percent curable.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
29 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The entrées will be loaded to winners’ Chick-fil-A One and are redeemable at participating Chick-fil-A restaurants.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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According to state law, only a gift card worth less than $5 is redeemable in cash.—
Joshua Sidorowicz,
CBS News,
29 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Illogically, these remediable ordeals have gone on for decades, like the Tijuana River pollution disaster.—
Vincent Blocker,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2023
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Government has provided incentives for wind and solar since the 1970s; the problems that remain are inherent, not entirely remediable.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
26 Apr. 2022
Adjective
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Currently, the corridor has only a 12-mile reversible express lane.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Right now, 12 miles of I-75 in Henry and Clayton counties have reversible express lanes, but Kemp is proposing that the state build a lane in each direction.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Recoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoverable. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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