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
In fact, the 5-year-old son of Bayern missed all of 2024 while recuperating.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine — Three meters underground, a network of tunnels and trenches fortified with timber provides a safer spot for frontline fighters to rest and recuperate – and a deeper position to defend against a potential Russian advance into Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Christian Vázquez is currently at his home in Miami recuperating after having a surgical procedure to clear out an infection in his left shoulder earlier this month.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2025
Bondi had even invited one of the firm’s lawyers to recuperate at her Tampa home after having foot surgery.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine — Three meters underground, a network of tunnels and trenches fortified with timber provides a safer spot for frontline fighters to rest and recuperate – and a deeper position to defend against a potential Russian advance into Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Christian Vázquez is currently at his home in Miami recuperating after having a surgical procedure to clear out an infection in his left shoulder earlier this month.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2025
Bondi had even invited one of the firm’s lawyers to recuperate at her Tampa home after having foot surgery.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperate
recover
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According to the World Meteorological Organization, the ozone layer is on track to recover to 1980 levels by 2040 globally, by 2045 in the Arctic, and by 2066 over Antarctica.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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This ability to recover instantly gives the MAV a major advantage.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Recuperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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