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recoverable

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1. recoverable - Noun

2. recoverable - Adjective

Meaning

Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.

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We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. Mac Thornberry

Here in the United States, we have between 250 and 300 years of a coal supply. That is more than the amount of recoverable oil contained in the entire world. Tim Holden

A president who believed that America's greatness is recoverable and expandable - a chief executive determined to lead us back to national restoration - would reject the crippling notions of national impotency that Obama has embraced. David Limbaugh

recoverable truth of a past event Source: Internet

9th Armoured Brigade had started the attack with 94 tanks and was reduced to only 24 runners (although many were recoverable) and of the 400 tank crew involved in the attack 230 were killed, wounded or captured. Source: Internet

Additionally, the economic viability of the project is doubtful, as the estimated cost of construction is $28 billion plus another $30 billion for related infrastructure, which may not be recoverable through toll fees in a reasonable time period. Source: Internet

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