How to Use recoup in a Sentence

recoup

verb
  • It will be hard for us to recoup the loss.
  • Movie studios can turn to video sales to recoup the costs of a movie that does poorly at the box office.
  • She recouped only a portion of her investment.
  • By the third set, BYU looked frazzled and couldn’t recoup, as the Cougars fell 25-16.
    — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 May 2021
  • The park is hoping to recoup at least some of that through the driving tour.
    — Jessica Williams | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • If Google doesn't end up paying, Texas will try to recoup its costs in court.
    — Jake Bleiberg, ajc, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The savings on fuel will help owners recoup the rest in a few years.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
  • That would help recoup some of the draft bounty spent on Tyreek Hill (and for the tampering charges).
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022
  • And Maryland will probably recoup at least some of the cost of a new bridge.
    — Joel Rose, NPR, 2 May 2024
  • The gamers then resell the rest of the computer to recoup some of the cost, and keep the graphics card to upgrade their old PC.
    — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 27 July 2021
  • Demings and the commission may not have to sue to recoup the money.
    — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The club is seeking to recoup the full $8.5 million from the accounting firm.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Then that company turns to its client to recoup the loss.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The city is suing the apartment owners to recoup the money.
    — Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2022
  • That is a massive figure for a film that won’t be able to recoup its cost at the box office.
    — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2020
  • As part of the initial deal, the City of Industry would be able to recoup its money once the project was built.
    — Richard Winton Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021
  • By 2017, however, the port and airport had not recouped the debt, and Sri Lanka had no way to pay back the loan.
    — Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
  • There have been ways to recoup some of that money, but now those rules keep changing.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Plus, if you get ripped off, there is no real recourse to try to recoup your cash.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
  • By 2017, however, the port and airport had not recouped the project costs, and Sri Lanka had no way to pay back the loan.
    — Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
  • In keeping with its volatile track record, BTC has bounced back overnight to recoup some of those losses.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Banks need to know who is standing behind a project to recoup dollars if the project doesn't take shape.
    — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Much of that will be recouped by insurance, but not all.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The objective was for the railroads to sell the land and recoup their construction costs.
    — Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2020
  • But with a price tag of $55 million, the film still has a ways to go to recoup its production budget.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • After the 2022 season fell apart, Michelle Palm tried to recoup some of her money.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Volunteers said the tool library would be shut down for at least one month to recoup the loss.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • In an effort to recoup some $3 billion in savings, the studio axed the films Batgirl and Scoob!
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
  • When the money disappeared, Carver went to work trying to recoup some of it.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 13 May 2025
  • If the loans do end up in court, the law allows lenders to recoup attorneys fees — which can’t be done with payday loans — a practice that can add up to a third of the loan amount.
    — Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 5 May 2025

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