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
Saturday, May 16, follows Johanna Schopfer, a watch factory worker in Geneva whose summer obsession with restoring her vintage VW Beetle becomes a personal and political act of reclamation.
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Jd Linville, Variety, 15 May 2026
The poems make connections in loss and reclamation, in the realm of the deeply personal and the vastly political.
—Time, 12 May 2026
There’s a communion that happens in this reclamation of self and a beautiful energy that’s shared.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Yesterday, Heidecker, who will receive full access to the InfoWars brand, studio, domain names, and archive, told TIME a little about his plans for the great reclamation.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
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Jd Linville, Variety, 15 May 2026
The poems make connections in loss and reclamation, in the realm of the deeply personal and the vastly political.
—Time, 12 May 2026
There’s a communion that happens in this reclamation of self and a beautiful energy that’s shared.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Yesterday, Heidecker, who will receive full access to the InfoWars brand, studio, domain names, and archive, told TIME a little about his plans for the great reclamation.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for reclamation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclamation
Noun
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The search and recovery effort reportedly continued until dawn the next day, with the last horse recovered roughly nine miles from the scene.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The method focuses on recovering these additional resources in shale and other tight reservoirs that have already produced hydrocarbons through hydraulic fracturing in primary recovery operations but still contain large amounts of oil and gas trapped within rocks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
Noun
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This elegant Victorian-Era resort in Elkhart Lake recaptures the days when guests wore starched collars and flowing skirts while rowing boats on Elkhart Lake.—
Jess Hoffert,
Midwest Living,
9 May 2026
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If the property included components subject to section 1245, or if there was accelerated depreciation or special depreciation on certain improvements, some portion of the gain could be ordinary income recapture instead.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Philipp Emanuel Weidmann, the developer of Heretic, said AI is just an information processing and retrieval system akin to a search engine, which can be used in many ways.—
Huo Jingnan,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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With the retrieval of Leopold’s typewriter from a harbor in Jackson Park, the chain of evidence that connected the two young men to the crime was complete.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclamation. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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