How to Use restoration in a Sentence

restoration

noun
  • The town called for a restoration of the law.
  • The building is undergoing restoration.
  • The course restoration has been in the works since 2017 when talks with Hanse began.
    Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • In return, the group agreed to pay the entire cost of grass restoration.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In the months after the Burn, a special restoration team sweeps the playa, raking any Moop out of the dust.
    Alden Wicker, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Photos show the vestibule and chapel after decades of restoration work.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Not to mention the gorgeous, historic details that the house contained were in need of restoration, too.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 June 2023
  • And he’s backed off of a plan to cut $40 million from San Joaquin Floodplain restoration, and now argues that project should be funded.
    Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • In case any of your rides need a tune-up, the garage is equipped with a restoration and maintenance facility.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • But some outside experts are doubtful about the new restoration.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The car ventured to Venezuela with the family, then back to the States, and ultimately enjoyed a three-year restoration.
    A.j. Baime, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Cromwell’s death in 1658 and the poor leadership of his son and successor, Richard Cromwell, enabled the royals’ restoration.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2023
  • Some tribes signed those agreements to pursue habitat restoration while others did not and stayed in court.
    Tony Schick, ProPublica, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But so far, the state’s database includes only the number of acres needing restoration.
    Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The project also required the creation of Alexandria’s largest wetlands restoration project.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The city is working to secure the site because next year, land managers hope to launch a new restoration project there for more flood water storage.
    Gwozniac, oregonlive, 30 July 2023
  • Even the antique stop valves and supply lines, which had to be taken apart and replated, turned into a restoration project.
    Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 1 May 2023
  • The artwork’s painstaking restoration by the Fine Art Restoration Company took over a year to complete.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The British government leaned on the American government to fund a restoration.
    Brittany Murray/medianews Group/long Beach Press-Telegram Via Getty Images, Curbed, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Of that total, over a billion went to restoration efforts, mainly in Maryland, but some in Virginia.
    Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In 2014, the trust led a restoration project to make the main building wind- and watertight, but its interiors still need a major update.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2 June 2023
  • Ostensibly, the soiree was to benefit the venue’s restoration–even the grandest of digs get dusty-musty after centuries.
    Bridget Foley, Town & Country, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Though the ban had never really lost its effect, for some students the official restoration of it still felt like a gut punch.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The courtyards are closed for restoration work that could cost nearly $35 million, budget requests to Congress show.
    Mark Sherman, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The Foundation also assists film restoration projects and offers aid to journalists around the world.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Additional highlights from the property’s restoration include a grand ballroom, a movie theater, and a state-of-the-art spa.
    Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
  • Wainwright’s lectures were picked up in the Daily Telegraph, and the bed was subsequently discovered and returned to the house for a full restoration.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Immediately after the 2015 fires, Widodo set up a peatland restoration agency and promised to stop the clearing of new peat swamps.
    Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The warning spurred the sign’s first real restoration: The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce spruced it up and, crucially, removed the last four letters.
    Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This stretch of nearly a dozen 100-year-old-plus commercial buildings requires restoration.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2023

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