as in to recover
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 recuperate
Sometimes spliced into proceedings by editors Dávid Jancsó and Ilka Janka Nagy with blink-like brevity, these flashbacks seemingly connote the intrusive thoughts and blackouts of an addled, recuperating mind.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
With Lindsey Vonn recuperating in an Italian hospital, the Olympic spotlight has turned squarely on Shiffrin.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Kathryn Palmer here, still recuperating from consuming entirely too much chips-and-dip during the game last night.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Feb. 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
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
With Lindsey Vonn recuperating in an Italian hospital, the Olympic spotlight has turned squarely on Shiffrin.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Kathryn Palmer here, still recuperating from consuming entirely too much chips-and-dip during the game last night.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Feb. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperate
recover
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UConn recovered from its prolonged shooting slump to regain its bearings, eventually increasing its lead to 10 points on a Mullins’ 3 with 47 seconds left in the half before heading into the locker room up 37-29.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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All six crew members from the three planes ejected and were safely recovered, CENTCOM said.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Recuperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperate. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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