as in recovering
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as in healing
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 recuperating
Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
With Boston's best player, six-time All-Star power forward Jayson Tatum, likely out for the entire year recuperating from a right Achilles tendon rupture, league sources inform Scotto that the Celtics would be open to dipping below the tax threshold this season with a trade.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Islam’s father, Naushad Islam, told NBC4 that after the crash, his son underwent surgery after injuring his back and neck and was hospitalized for a week, but is now at home recuperating.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Dahlin spent a week in Sweden visiting his fiancee, who is recuperating from heart transplant surgery.
—CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Shoval has yet to see Cunio face to face, with his friend still recuperating in hospital and reconnecting with his family.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Xiao He was also asked about his opinions on the recuperating India-China ties, but refused to comment.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
In fact, the 5-year-old son of Bayern missed all of 2024 while recuperating.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 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
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John Paul spent some time recuperating, then paid the Augustinians a visit.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for recuperating
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Plus, its 3-hour battery life means less charging, and more recovering.—
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She was taken to a hospital with punctures and lacerations and is stable and recovering.—
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Without better reporting, lawmakers and analysts will have to act with incomplete knowledge, essentially guessing effective tax rates based on limited and sometimes misleading reporting.—
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By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.—
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The analyst added that another potential catalyst for the company, improved grades at Alcoa's bauxite mines, remains a 2028 story at the earliest.—
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Discussions about improved access to the beach date back 15 years, when concerns were brought up during one of the bigger surf contests, the Nike Lowers Pro, between the nonprofit and the event organizers.—
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These semi-cured nail strips from HeyHae are my new favorite solution.—
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“Recuperating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recuperating. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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