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as in healing
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 recuperating
Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Shoval has yet to see Cunio face to face, with his friend still recuperating in hospital and reconnecting with his family.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Xiao He was also asked about his opinions on the recuperating India-China ties, but refused to comment.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
In fact, the 5-year-old son of Bayern missed all of 2024 while recuperating.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Christian Vázquez is currently at his home in Miami recuperating after having a surgical procedure to clear out an infection in his left shoulder earlier this month.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2025
Lewis Cook is recuperating from a knee injury, which could see Alex Scott or Philip Billing start alongside Tyler Adams in the first few matches.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
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Nine-time All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving tore his ACL last March, and will likely miss at least the first few months of the 2025-26 season recuperating.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Shoval has yet to see Cunio face to face, with his friend still recuperating in hospital and reconnecting with his family.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Xiao He was also asked about his opinions on the recuperating India-China ties, but refused to comment.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
In fact, the 5-year-old son of Bayern missed all of 2024 while recuperating.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Christian Vázquez is currently at his home in Miami recuperating after having a surgical procedure to clear out an infection in his left shoulder earlier this month.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2025
Lewis Cook is recuperating from a knee injury, which could see Alex Scott or Philip Billing start alongside Tyler Adams in the first few matches.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperating
Adjective
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Plus, its 3-hour battery life means less charging, and more recovering.—
Talene Appleton,
Men's Health,
31 Jan. 2023
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She was taken to a hospital with punctures and lacerations and is stable and recovering.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2022
Adjective
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Without better reporting, lawmakers and analysts will have to act with incomplete knowledge, essentially guessing effective tax rates based on limited and sometimes misleading reporting.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Starbucks Workers United is fighting for a new contract that delivers improved staffing hours, take-home pay, and on-the-job protections for baristas.—
Amelia Lucas,Kate Rogers,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Yet the enabling factors, cheaper launches, better sensors, modular spacecraft, and improved autonomy, are steadily narrowing that gap.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Recuperating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperating. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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