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recuperation

[ri-koo-puh-ray-shuhn, -kyoo-] / rɪˌku pəˈreɪ ʃən, -ˌkju- /


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Another source of strain: In peacetime, the ports were used for rest and recuperation by sailors seeking a break from an aircraft carrier’s crammed quarters and exhausting routines.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Nevertheless, several weeks is not seen as enough time for proper recuperation before preparations begin for an 11-month campaign regarded as among the most onerous in professional sport.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

She credits the procedure for her rapid recuperation after the birth of her second child, a boy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

By traveling along with all that — and Sharon’s cancer recovery, and Ozzy’s recuperation from an ATV accident — the attention economy shifted.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025

While Cora twisted in her delirium, Ethel read from the Bible to speed her recuperation.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Of 285 total performances scheduled, the operations, recuperations and other medical issues caused him to miss 55.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2011

Peter Harrison, the director of marine studies at Southern Cross University in Lismore, believes the reef is in a perpetual state of recuperations.

From Time ● Apr. 21, 2010

I well remember his declaration on the question, whether the Allies should refuse, for a period of five years during the time of France's recuperations to promise Germany reciprocal tariff provisions.

From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. Tumulty

Californian education has, of course, made the thought of all possible recuperations easy.

From Memories and Studies by Henry James




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