recycled

past tense of recycle
as in recovered
to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound

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Recent Examples of recycled During sleep, neurons go quiet, ROS are cleared, and damaged mitochondria are repaired or recycled. — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 This is a circular design that aims to maximize mono-material construction, which will allow the zipper to be recycled together with the garment. — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 The estimates of emissions savings, then, aren’t just compared to the current state of industries, but to industries in a future world with more batteries, more end-of-life batteries to be recycled, and a cleaner electrical grid. — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 They must be recycled, and the most common way to recycle leaves is to turn them into compost. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 Less than 1% of the world’s rare earth elements (REEs) are recycled, yet global demand for critical magnetic rare earths is expected to grow by more than 50% by 2035. — Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 To be efficiently recycled, these materials need to be sorted, cleaned (where applicable), and concentrated. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 As the region’s private markets mature, secondaries look set to become not just an alternative exit mechanism, but an important component of how capital is recycled through the Gulf’s growing investment ecosystem. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 It's intended not just to make tires easier to recycle, but also to reduce the amount of the tire that has to be recycled at any one time. — Ben Coxworth october 07, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recycled
recovered
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  • The investigation resulted in a 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records, and a federal indictment in Florida charged Trump with dozens of felony counts.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • According to a criminal complaint, knives recovered by investigators on scene did not match knives belonging to the resort.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Recycled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recycled. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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