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verb

recover

CEFR B1

to return to a normal state after difficulty

In a sentence

Six example sentences with recover, each labelled with its topic.

  • Distance runners recover faster when they walk for ten minutes and eat within an hour of finishing.

    Fitness

  • It took the port city eight years to recover after the shipping line moved its route north.

    Economics

  • Her voice needed three months to recover, and the tour resumed only after a specialist cleared her.

    Music

  • The team needed a full season to recover from losing its two best players to injury in the same week.

    Basketball

  • The index took four years to recover after the crash, and many investors sold before it climbed back.

    Finance

  • The server recovered within a minute of the crash, restarting itself and replaying the last few seconds of writes.

    Technology

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