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recoup

[ri-koop] / rɪˈkup /


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Utilities must borrow money to build costly infrastructure, but then have to wait for regulators to allow them to recoup that investment.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Companies only make that kind of investment if they can recoup those costs when a treatment proves successful and continue to invest in breakthrough drugs.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Two years later, Steyer invested about $29.5 million in Proposition 39, a winning measure to recoup money from corporate tax breaks to help pay for clean energy projects.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In the filing, First Foundation sought to force the sale of the lavish abode to recoup some of the money that its lawyers say the actor has failed to repay.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Would she be able to organize, sketch, and gather enough specimens to recoup all the hard-earned money spent on this voyage?

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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