as in recovered
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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Recent Examples of recuperated
Hockney in the 1960s recuperated figurative painting and, more specifically, the human form, both of which had been previously rejected by the abstraction then ascendant.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
12 June 2026
After a lackluster short program that led to an unexpected second-place finish for Ilia Malinin, the Quad God recuperated with a near-clean free skate to lead Team USA to a gold medal finish in the figure skating team event competition.
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Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2026
After a demanding weekend of races at Zandvoort, Larsen recuperated 30 minutes away in her De L’Europe Amsterdam suite.
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Spencer Whaley,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
The seventeen-year-old mandolin-and-violin tune that millennials played with anticipatory nostalgia during college is now accompanying social-media video clips about the DC Universe, its cringe wholly recuperated as commodity.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
News Desk,
Artforum,
12 June 2026
After a lackluster short program that led to an unexpected second-place finish for Ilia Malinin, the Quad God recuperated with a near-clean free skate to lead Team USA to a gold medal finish in the figure skating team event competition.
—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2026
After a demanding weekend of races at Zandvoort, Larsen recuperated 30 minutes away in her De L’Europe Amsterdam suite.
—
Spencer Whaley,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
The seventeen-year-old mandolin-and-violin tune that millennials played with anticipatory nostalgia during college is now accompanying social-media video clips about the DC Universe, its cringe wholly recuperated as commodity.
—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperated
recovered
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Texts, screen grabs, recordings and other records recovered from a search of Rinderknecht’s cellphones and presented in court portrayed a man who was by turns lonely and livid, angry at billionaires and ex-romantic partners while seemingly scared about his own declining mental health.
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On Wednesday morning, South Korea’s Kospi bounced back by 3% and Samsung recovered much of its losses with a 7% surge – the latest sign that Tuesday’s plunge marked a momentary dip similar to those that have recurred over recent months.
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“Recuperated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperated. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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