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recycled
1. adj. That has been through a recycling process.
This cardboard is made from recycled paper.
recycle
1. v. To break down and reuse component materials.
Both paper and plastic can be recycled.
2. v. To reuse as a whole.
3. v. To collect or place in a bin for recycling.
4. v. (intransitive, ergative) To be recycled.
Sulfur recycles in the sulfur cycle.
5. n. An act of recycling.

Example Sentences

But yesterday a bank revealed that it has recycled old credit card numbers to new customers, opening up the potential for fraud, particularly over the internet.

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