recover
verb (used with object)
to get back or regain (something lost or taken away).
recovered
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past participleof recover.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof recover.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
recoververb (used with object)to get back or regain (something lost or taken away).
Example Sentences
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Crews searched the river alongside the Metropolitan Police, and the boy's body was recovered by police divers hours later, at about 00:15 BST on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Earlier, Jobe had grafted a tendon to a recovered polio patient’s ankle to provide stabilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Both sides agree that the body of one crew member from the two-person jets was recovered, but the other three crew members have never turned up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth over $10.4 million which were stolen from an Italian museum in March have been recovered, police said Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I crept into the empty bed fully dressed, clutching my recovered hair combs, and then tried to quell everything rising in my stomach.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
