as in recovering
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 recycling
This includes serving as a sewage station for your body—filtering and detoxing your blood, breaking down old red blood cells and recycling their iron—and a manufacturing plant of sorts—making key proteins and immune system cells, storing vitamins and minerals and processing your nutrients.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Plate tectonics helps regulate this balance through the carbon–silicate cycle, pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and recycling it over geological time.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Bronze went about her business quietly, making interceptions, recycling possession and reading the game.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement The good news is that Spinal Tap II mostly builds on the legacy of the earlier film, instead of just recycling its best jokes for nostalgia’s sake.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
According to Fisher, our cultural imagination is increasingly drawn to recycling past successes, not just in music but in film, fashion and art.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
The exhibition highlights the beauty of recycling ordinary materials.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before processing it.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Then there are other companies like Rethink Resource and Habitat for Humanity and also prop houses that receive reusable materials like lumber and vinyl and other building materials that could be reused, and again creating either a market for reuse or recycling those materials sustainably.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Plate tectonics helps regulate this balance through the carbon–silicate cycle, pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and recycling it over geological time.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Bronze went about her business quietly, making interceptions, recycling possession and reading the game.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement The good news is that Spinal Tap II mostly builds on the legacy of the earlier film, instead of just recycling its best jokes for nostalgia’s sake.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
According to Fisher, our cultural imagination is increasingly drawn to recycling past successes, not just in music but in film, fashion and art.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
The exhibition highlights the beauty of recycling ordinary materials.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before processing it.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Then there are other companies like Rethink Resource and Habitat for Humanity and also prop houses that receive reusable materials like lumber and vinyl and other building materials that could be reused, and again creating either a market for reuse or recycling those materials sustainably.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recycling
recovering
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The idea that new technology can flip the odds of catching a thief or recovering a child feels like progress.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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On Friday, the left-handed starter — who is recovering from a left rotator-cuff strain — made another rehab start with Triple-A Omaha.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Recycling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recycling. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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