recycle
verb (used with object)
to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse.
have recycled
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present perfectof recycle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“We have recycled and reused wherever possible and implemented a vast range of energy and water efficiency solutions,’” he said in a document on the stadiums.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
“And there is two parts very important in the jewelry: the diamonds on one side and the gold on the other side. And from the beginning, we decided to have recycled gold.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
Six years and several machine generations later, Apple still won’t disclose how many iPhones its robots have recycled for parts.
From The Verge ● Feb. 3, 2022
Multiple brokers have recycled the same doctored certificate and tried to pass it off as unique, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2020
While the basic idea is low-cost, behind it lies in a database which records all the waste people have recycled and scores them based on the amount and type of recycled stuff.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2012
