How to Use recovery in a Sentence

recovery

noun
  • We hope for the recovery of the stolen paintings.
  • Their mission was the recovery of the space capsule.
  • This policy may slow the pace of economic recovery.
  • Any sign of a recovery is hard to see.
    — CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Some said the path to recovery would be long.
    — Munir Ahmed, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • But recovery would come in fits and spurts.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Corpse recovery is part of the job.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Give the plants mid- to late spring to make some recovery.
    — Tom MacKlin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Moberg said food shelf and food bank recovery will take months or even longer.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • And then the recovery was quick.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That’s just part of the recovery.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Many now show signs of recovery.
    — Tasmin Lockwood,katrina Bishop, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sports have been a large part of Savenko’s recovery.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • Offset is on the road to recovery — and back on the road.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Her recovery from the beating had been slow and painful.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The next step in the recovery process would be to face live hitters.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The recovery timeline for thumb surgery is not one to rush.
    — Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But the time after recovery can still be hard.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Anybody that has gone through recovery, that is a fear.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 June 2026
  • The last—and surely least read—pages of both books turn to recovery.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Backup and point-in-time recovery were built for that world.
    — Pranay Ahlawat, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • But resilience is not the same as recovery.
    — Dave Doneson, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The stage is set for recovery in time, but pain is likely in the next six to nine months.
    — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • That's the biggest and first step to recovery.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Two blocks away, the town’s recovery is pressing ahead.
    — Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2026
  • The dogs also made a full recovery.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The recovery seemed to be going well.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • His staff went out of their way to really show what his recovery looked like.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 June 2023
  • As much as his films might ebb and flow with grief and recovery, their backbone is that of a thriller.
    — Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Or got into a severe car crash and dealt with a lengthy recovery?
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

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