recoverable

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Recent Examples of recoverable Under the general rule in the current version of the statute, a negligence claimant found more than 50% at fault for their own harm may be barred from recovering damages, while a lower percentage reduces recoverable damages proportionally. Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026 End-of-life rare-earth permanent magnets, manufacturing swarf, and other scrap containing critical minerals were deemed recoverable resources essential to national security. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recoverable
Adjective
  • The ancient poet may have thus been surprised to learn that today, time is indeed retrievable—at least somewhat.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • The once-fatal disease is now highly curable with antiviral drugs, though access to treatment remains an issue globally, with about 47 million people impacted by chronic hepatitis C infections worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Crucially, 74% of the cases were found at a potential curable stage, double the historical rate.
    Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The company attributed the loss mainly to fair-value losses on its convertible redeemable preferred shares, as per its prospectus.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Unused components of the prize have no redeemable cash value.
    August 16, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • Droves of Amazon shoppers just bought this reversible Eddie Bauer pick with a charming plaid pattern on one side and cloud-like teddy fleece on the other.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • What makes high-frequency operating systems different is that many decisions are cheap and reversible enough to experiment with.
    Srini Attili, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Recoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recoverable. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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