How to Use recoup in a Sentence

recoup

verb

• It will be hard for us to recoup the loss.
• Movie studios can turn to video sales to recoup the costs of a movie that does poorly at the box office.
• She recouped only a portion of her investment.
• Then that company turns to its client to recoup the loss.
  — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
• Volunteers said the tool library would be shut down for at least one month to recoup the loss.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• In an effort to recoup some $3 billion in savings, the studio axed the films Batgirl and Scoob!
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
• An outdoor kitchen and patio can recoup their cost with a bump in home value, says the report.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2023
• The two cousins go to extremes to recoup their rent money, which was also stolen, and encounter some characters along the way.
  — Cydney Lee, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2022
• Nomad was able to recoup over $20 million after pleading with users to return the funds.
  — Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• One customer, iRobot Corp., is suing to recoup costs stemming from the delays and lost business.
  — Rob Sloan, WSJ, 1 May 2023
• How are those levels of investments on the supply side going to be recouped?
  — Rodrigo Madanes, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• But Tencent’s shares haven't recouped all their losses.
  — Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
• Moore said that the owner of the tower had gone bankrupt but that efforts were underway to recoup the costs of the extra policing.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024
• The movie recouped its $7 million budget nearly seven times over and went on to become a cult classic.
  — Laura Zornosa, Time, 31 July 2023
• Western Alliance shares rose roughly 13%, recouping its losses and then some from the last two weeks.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 17 May 2023
• Neutral – but the store’s open Mariners: In a weak market for hitters, might be able to recoup some losses by dealing Teoscar Hernández.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• After winning the prize puzzle, Mock Elliott was able to recoup her losses and even won a Danube River cruise trip.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2022
• The city also has filed an insurance claim to recoup the taxpayer funds.
  — Dean Narciso, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
• Lucia has a lot of loose ends, trying to see her probable scam against Albie through and recoup the money Cameron (and Ethan) owe her.
  — Time, 7 Dec. 2022
• As interest rates rose, those bonds became less valuable, and the bank needed to recoup the losses.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• With Twitter’s value down to less than half of what the billionaire paid for it, every move Musk makes these days may be part of a plan to try and recoup his investment.
  — Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2023
• Most firms in existence today write checks, help investments grow, and find a way to recoup their money in a 10-year timeframe.
  — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 7 Feb. 2024
• Nike, Adidas and Under Armour had already sent trucks to recoup their missing goods.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• The agreement could result in Genesis customers recouping 70% to 90% of what they are owed in U.S. dollars.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 29 Aug. 2023
• Oregon would also be the only state to create a grant program for former foster youth to apply to recoup funds.
  — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
• In its first sale of Yeezy products since the end of its partnership with Ye, the company reportedly recouped close to half of the costs that arose from hoarding the unsold stock.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 24 July 2023
• Then there's the lost revenue to Southwest — which the airline can never recoup — for the revenue the airline lost during the time the airline was essentially shut down.
  — Peter Greenberg, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2023
• The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 2.5% on Friday, recouping its losses from earlier in the week.
  — WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
• Now, the company’s new CEO will be tasked with trying to help turn around the struggling company and help Musk recoup some of the $44 billion spent acquiring the platform.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 11 May 2023
• Woods didn't have that amount on hand, so the agency cut off her monthly disability benefits to recoup the debt.
  — Fred Clasen-Kelly, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024