as in recovered
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 recuperated
After a demanding weekend of races at Zandvoort, Larsen recuperated 30 minutes away in her De L’Europe Amsterdam suite.
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Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The seventeen-year-old mandolin-and-violin tune that millennials played with anticipatory nostalgia during college is now accompanying social-media video clips about the DC Universe, its cringe wholly recuperated as commodity.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The seventeen-year-old mandolin-and-violin tune that millennials played with anticipatory nostalgia during college is now accompanying social-media video clips about the DC Universe, its cringe wholly recuperated as commodity.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperated
recovered
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The Los Angeles Police Department said several pieces of evidence were recovered and will be analyzed.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Authorities revealed that bullet casings recovered at the scene included antifascist messaging, and online messages and additional evidence from the suspect, Tyler Robinson, indicate he may have been driven by Leftist ideology.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Recuperated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperated. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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