as in recovery
the act or process of getting something back
pumped water out of the field as part of the land reclamation program designed to provide farmers with more farmland
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Recent Examples of reclamation
The Pac-12 is on the brink of securing the next piece to its multi-year reclamation project.
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Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
There is so much upside and so little downside with this player for GB.
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Richard A.
· 3h 13m ago
Interested to see what both Simmons and Hardman can bring to the team as reclamation projects.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 16 June 2025
The Bruins picked up a reclamation project for the back end while dealing away a couple of low-level assets.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
Key to this grand reclamation is Syria, the starting point of the historic Damascus-Medina line, located at the geographic heart of the Middle East.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
There is so much upside and so little downside with this player for GB.
R
Richard A.
· 3h 13m ago
Interested to see what both Simmons and Hardman can bring to the team as reclamation projects.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 16 June 2025
The Bruins picked up a reclamation project for the back end while dealing away a couple of low-level assets.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
Key to this grand reclamation is Syria, the starting point of the historic Damascus-Medina line, located at the geographic heart of the Middle East.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for reclamation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclamation
Noun
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Having a sound plan for resilience, regardless of implementation phase, is a huge head start on recovery.—
Louis Gritzo,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Families of those who have died from overdoses, those in recovery from substance use disorder and families of struggling individuals supported the legislation, according to Senate Democrats.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
15 July 2025
Noun
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In addition to more per-student funding, a split would result in fewer dollars sent to the state as part of the recapture program.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2025
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Russia has hailed the recapture from Ukrainian forces of a number of Russian towns and villages.—
Shane Croucher
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
Noun
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In others, because clots are crumbly, small bits may break off during the retrieval attempt.—
Ani Freedman,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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These agents chain queries together, and each inaccurate retrieval compounds the risk downstream.—
Harini Gopalakrishnan,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclamation. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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