recovery

recovery (rɪˈkʌvərɪ)

—n , pl -eries
1.	the act or process of recovering, esp from sickness, a shock, or a setback; recuperation
2.	restoration to a former or better condition
3.	the regaining of something lost
4.	the extraction of useful substances from waste
5.	the recovery of a space capsule after a space flight
6.	law
	a. the obtaining of a right, etc, by the judgment of a court
	b. (in the US) the final judgment or verdict in a case
7.	fencing a return to the position of guard after making an attack
8.	swimming, rowing the action of bringing the arm, oar, etc, forward for another stroke
9.	golf a stroke played from the rough or a bunker to the fairway or green

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Example sentences

We out unsuspecting souls so that they can begin the slow process of recovery.

At the industrial level, the biggest contributors to the recovery have been

autos and health care.

Recovery is heavily ideologized and there's tons of money in it, so discussions

tend to veer off into dogma.

Indeed, some of his early photography after the accident was damaged beyond

recovery.

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Matching Quote

"A plane is a bad place for an all-out sleep, but a good place to begin rest and recovery from the trip to the faraway places you've been, a decompression chamber between Here and There. Though a plane is not the ideal place really to think, to reassess or reevaluate things, it is a great place to have the illusion of doing so, and often the illusion will suffice."

-Shana Alexander

recovery

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