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recoup

[ri-koop] / rɪˈkup /


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Medicaid estate recovery has been a mandated federal policy since 1993, set up primarily to recoup rising costs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Given that elevated earnings in those stocks are expected to hold up for the next two years, he said, investors will eventually recoup most of their initial outlays.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Canadian officials and Stellantis have been in talks for nearly a year, as Ottawa attempts to recoup the cash the government provided for Brampton retooling.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Trump officials argued they had a right to recoup the money under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law barring discrimination based on race or national origin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

After a few weeks, to recoup his losses, he went up to ten bucks.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Japan and the U.S. will split the power sales until Japan recoups its $33 billion, after which the American government will get 90% of the revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

The RSN recoups that by charging cable distributors a licensing amount to carry their channel in as many places as possible.

From Seattle Times Jan. 31, 2023

Soto said as he stepped through his mud-streaked living room to his patio, adding that he plans to rebuild, no matter what he recoups from insurance policies.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2022

Giving them housing, on the other hand, quickly recoups most of the costs through the benefits of improved health and employment.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2021

The employer turns the circumstance to advantage, and recoups himself doubly for the inconveniences, that these disturbances put him to, with the payment of much lower wages.

From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon

Big budget films like The Marvels and The Thunderbolts recouped their production costs but were among the studio's lowest-grossing films.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

It is a noble mission; movie theaters need all the help they can get and heading into its second weekend, “The Odyssey” has already more than recouped its $250 million production budget.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

An earlier deal said Canada, which paid for the bridge, would split the revenue with Michigan only after it had recouped the costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Disney's Pixar films have historically recouped their budgets - often comfortably - with many titles bringing in three times as much as they cost to make and promote.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

The record year, however, was 1893, when the entire crop of forty hogsheads, or over a thousand dozen, of the wine realised a price which recouped all the expenses incurred during the previous eighteen years.

From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by David Hunter Blair

But representatives for landlords say doing so would leave them with few desirable options for recouping the cost of utilities and would hurt conservation efforts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

On Thursday, he said the underlying agreement on recouping the toll revenues between Canada and the state of Michigan remains in place.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

These forced timeouts applied to single stocks came after the so-called flash crash in 2010, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points in eight minutes before recouping much of the loss.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

But that’s also what gives the movie its charm, especially considering it’s a big-budget studio production that never had a shot at recouping the studio’s investment, even if it were successful.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

She brightened as she realised that they had still one chance—through Alaric—of recouping, even slightly, the family fortunes.

From Peg O' My Heart by J. Hartley Manners




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