RECOUPING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

recouping

verb

present participle of recoup

as in retrieving

to get again in one's possession tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine

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as in compensating

to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle

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as in recovering

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu

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Recent Examples of recouping Softbank Group, the Japanese giant that is a major investor of OpenAI, jumped more than 8% in Tokyo morning trading, recouping its overnight losses. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 After opening on Broadway on November 17, 2022, & Juliet broke multiple box office records at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, recouping its $17 million capitalization in 2024, the first new musical of its season to do so. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 But representatives for landlords say doing so would leave them with few desirable options for recouping the cost of utilities and would hurt conservation efforts. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 That means a film’s theatrical opening is gravely important for a studio — in terms of both recouping its investment and setting up a film for profitability in later release windows. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 My firm’s research, conducted with GoTo, found that employees are recouping more than two hours per day thanks to AI tools, or over 10 hours a week. — Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Newcastle have sold more than anyone else this summer, recouping more than £200million. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 This occurs amidst owner Mat Ishbia's company, United Wholesale Mortgage, facing and recouping multi-billion dollar losses, though UWM claims no impact on the teams. — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Campbell said the measure could be an important tool for recouping the $6 million the city cut in this year’s budgeting process, but not if the measure was destined to fail. — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

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Reading data from the cache is faster than retrieving it from main memory, and the agents used this timing difference to communicate.

— Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
According to the criminal complaint, the woman called police for help retrieving belongings from a friend's house.

— Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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Above 5%, however, attitudes began to shift and yields suddenly starting looking like an attractive entry point, compensating even for the risk of inflation above 3%.

— Fred Imbert,Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Ongoing testing of control design and operating effectiveness should inform compensating controls and remediation plans with timelines.

— Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of compensating

Verb

Tank Dell had one reception for 43 yards and returned a punt for 14 yards in his return after missing almost two years recovering from a gruesome knee injury.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Hardy has spent the season recovering from a gunshot wound in his left leg.

— PJ Green October 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of recovering

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New London officials are eagerly endorsing Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ proposal as a way to draw some of the thousands of new employees being hired by nearby Electric Boat while recapturing a stretch of attractive waterfront at the marina.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
As opposed to infantile regression, the oceanic feeling can also be understood as a means of recapturing a repressed sense of relation, connection, affinities.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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