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
Perhaps a team with a track record of success in reclamation projects could find a role for him on their big league roster.
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The reclamation of coffee Other business owners are working to honor coffee’s African roots and increase interest among Black consumers.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
But a reclamation album is better, whether or not the critics really keep a category title handy for that.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
But China’s bullying—or any country’s island reclamation projects in the area—is not an attempt to threaten another country’s existence.
—David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
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Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The reclamation of coffee Other business owners are working to honor coffee’s African roots and increase interest among Black consumers.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
But a reclamation album is better, whether or not the critics really keep a category title handy for that.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
But China’s bullying—or any country’s island reclamation projects in the area—is not an attempt to threaten another country’s existence.
—David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclamation
Noun
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With the various boons, his administration might have also created the condition for a boom in enhanced oil recovery, similar to the earlier one in fracking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The city has been working to restore and reopen the park and its buildings since the floods and received a $1 million donation from the Tosa Foundation to aid in recovery efforts.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Because of the state recapture policy, the school district must share property tax revenues with less affluent districts across Texas.—
Charles Baggarly
October 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
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Rocket's recapture rate (the rate at which clients return for another mortgage) is 83%, more than three times the industry average of 25%.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Two, how is a glass jar of fig jam supposed to plummet from its shelf without cracking disastrously before retrieval?—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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Since women were akin to territory, bringing back abductees from the enemy country symbolized a retrieval of it.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclamation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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