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  1. v. transitive To recover or retake, with great effort, something that was lost.

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  • “There is certainly a long list of firms that have sacrificed profitability by failing to invest in corporate citizenship early enoughmost famously, Shell, Nike, and Nestl have each lost market share through damage to their reputations and have had to invest heavily to claw back up.”

    Simon & Schuster: Creative Capitalism

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. flattering
  1. sycophantic
  1. flatter
  1. malus

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. restoration
  1. regaining
  1. return
  1. restitution

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