Example sentences for: recoup

How can you use “recoup” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Bank of Scotland "must just hope that it can recoup its investment before Armageddon looms," the article concluded.

  • The Washington Post goes clear across its top with the news that the attorney general of Mississippi, Michael Moore, who pioneered the idea of suing the tobacco companies to recoup state health expenditures, has reached a $170 million settlement with them, one that goes into effect even if the proposed big national tobacco deal falls through.

  • Beyond any actual financial loss (which Clinton could probably recoup with a high-paying post-presidential job) there is likely to be a perceived element of strong moral rebuke associated with the forfeiture of retirement benefits.

  • In 1993, when the Tony-winning Jelly's Last Jam announced that it had failed to recoup investors' money, the paper editorialized, "The Great White Way is ailing."

  • The smallest of the major tobacco companies, the Liggett Group, agreed to a settlement with attorneys general from 22 states who had sued to recoup money spent on health care for smokers.


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