as in to recover
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu
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This included industrialization, and, with it, the conception of leisure as a way of allowing people to recuperate from work with a temporary escape from the ugly, unhealthy atmosphere of the city.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
The crew member recuperated and was back in the wind tunnel practicing within a month.
—Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025
The case was thought to be travel-related, Suffolk County officials said, and the child was already home and recuperating.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
The Vatican reported that the 88-year-old pontiff had another restful night at Rome's Gemelli hospital and was recuperating Thursday morning.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
The crew member recuperated and was back in the wind tunnel practicing within a month.
—Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025
The case was thought to be travel-related, Suffolk County officials said, and the child was already home and recuperating.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
The Vatican reported that the 88-year-old pontiff had another restful night at Rome's Gemelli hospital and was recuperating Thursday morning.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for recuperate
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“Recuperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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