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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperated
recovered
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Over $11,000 in Ulta Beauty items have been recovered by Carroll County police officers, following a regional theft scheme.—
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Moore lost a second fumble later in the second quarter when hit by Daniel Ndukwe and Mario Landino recovered at the Oregon 21.—
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“Recuperated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperated. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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