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
Since then, crews have worked on reclamation, or returning the site to aesthetic state similar to its surroundings.
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Logan Smith, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Cadeau finds joy at Michigan Then there is Cadeau, maybe the most surprising reclamation project of all.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Many women describe it as a form of self-reclamation.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Then a reclamation project at the end of a disappointing 2024 campaign.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Logan Smith, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Cadeau finds joy at Michigan Then there is Cadeau, maybe the most surprising reclamation project of all.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Many women describe it as a form of self-reclamation.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Then a reclamation project at the end of a disappointing 2024 campaign.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclamation
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Those are the values SB 180 stripped in 2025 — a law that, under the guise of expediting hurricane recovery, suspends local comprehensive planning statewide for three years, reaching well beyond rebuilding, into stormwater management, environmental protection, and recouping the costs of growth.—
Haley Busch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Even then, Moore’s recovery during the next few months will be crucial to his ability to make an immediate impact.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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The war is far from over, but the SAF’s recapture of the capital served as a major symbolic and psychological victory.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2026
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Criminal gang violence continues unabated in Ecuador following the recapture in June 2025 of the country's biggest drug lord, Adolfo Macías, who leads the Los Choneros gang, after his escape from a maximum-security prison in 2024.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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By reducing the number of characters to four; three alphanumeric characters and one geometric symbol; the system embeds a powerful retrieval cue directly into the format itself.—
Jay Gardiner,
Boston Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Some of the jobs the workers do include visitor checks, trash removal, maintenance, electrical work and package retrieval.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclamation. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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