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as in regains
to get again in one's possession
after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys
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as in rebounds
to regain a former or normal state
after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory
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as in heals
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
I see you're recovering well from the accident
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as in recycles
to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product
the process of recovering aluminum from old cans
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Recent Examples of recovers
Although Gilgeous-Alexander gains a step on a drive, Sarr recovers enough to block Gilgeous-Alexander’s layup attempt.
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
That’ll drain savings more quickly and leave fewer assets to generate returns when the market recovers.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
In the first three days, a dog recovers from the stress of travel and begins adjusting to a new environment.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
At a moment of unparalleled assault on state social services, a new book recovers the daring ideas of a movement that struggled to win compensation for domestic workers and caregivers in the home.
—Dorothy Sue Cobble, The New York Review of Books, 18 Sep. 2025
This approach recovers as much as 80% of the original capacity.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Norris barely recovers to finish P9.
—Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Along with the group’s North American concerts, their shows in South America have also been postponed and will be rescheduled when Jones fully recovers.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The family has requested privacy as Pritchard recovers.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025
Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
That’ll drain savings more quickly and leave fewer assets to generate returns when the market recovers.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
In the first three days, a dog recovers from the stress of travel and begins adjusting to a new environment.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
At a moment of unparalleled assault on state social services, a new book recovers the daring ideas of a movement that struggled to win compensation for domestic workers and caregivers in the home.
—Dorothy Sue Cobble, The New York Review of Books, 18 Sep. 2025
This approach recovers as much as 80% of the original capacity.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Norris barely recovers to finish P9.
—Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Along with the group’s North American concerts, their shows in South America have also been postponed and will be rescheduled when Jones fully recovers.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The family has requested privacy as Pritchard recovers.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recovers
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The 76ers got several offensive rebounds one of the two big men committed to defending the shot and easy buckets when their guards got into the paint and forced the big man to commit.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Growth typically rebounds by the same amount once the government reopens.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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The 2025 season could be the same, unless Browning can step up and completely lead while Burrow heals.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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The glue is also biodegradable, meaning the body absorbs it as the bone heals, so no second surgery is needed to remove implants.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The factory that manufactures this set recycles and reuses 99% of the water.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
26 Sep. 2025
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Its body recycles urea and other nitrogenous wastes into proteins to stave off muscle loss.—
Gloria Dickie,
Outside,
24 Sep. 2025
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The suspect then gets inside the car and retrieves a mini-Draco rifle and again begins to shoot towards the victims.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025
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For example, one agent collects customer intent, another retrieves account details and a third starts a refund while a fourth updates the CRM.—
Munil Shah,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s new proposal revives the concept, but with an even higher financial threshold for employers.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Intervision revives the name of a music contest that Moscow used to stage in the Soviet era with its Eastern European satellite states.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Survivors may look thin and suffer from lameness until their condition improves.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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Regenerative viticulture is resonating as the agricultural model most suited for the current climate, a model that actively improves soil health and ecosystem resilience.—
Miguel A. Torres,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps one of them emerges as the prolific goalscorer that a Premier League title-winning Chelsea team likely needs, or perhaps Maresca can create a collective alchemy that recaptures the peculiar magic of that City team in 2020-21.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Yet, the community rallies and moves heaven and earth to find a missing white woman.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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As the entertainment community rallies behind Jimmy Kimmel in the wake of ABC’s sudden yanking of his late-night show at the behest of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, pressing questions remain about his immediate future on the network.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Recovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recovers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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