as in recovers
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 recuperates
As Daniel recuperates in Spain, Cherry tries to move on with her life.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperates
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But unless the ball rolls out of the end zone, the play is live until somebody recovers the ball, as the referee explained on the microphone after the play.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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This approach recovers as much as 80% of the original capacity.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Recuperates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperates. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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