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
Ballet flats, capris and more wardrobe pieces are on the rise, with contemporary twists and reclamation of the early 2000s looks.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
Various other low-lying nations are — or are considering — using land reclamation to mitigate the effects of climate change.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
On the other, land reclamation is pushing Dubai into the sea.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
The water reclamation system on the International Space Station recycles the crew's waste water — including their urine and perspiration — into clean drinking water, enabling their long stays in low Earth orbit.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 11 July 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
Various other low-lying nations are — or are considering — using land reclamation to mitigate the effects of climate change.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
On the other, land reclamation is pushing Dubai into the sea.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
The water reclamation system on the International Space Station recycles the crew's waste water — including their urine and perspiration — into clean drinking water, enabling their long stays in low Earth orbit.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclamation
Noun
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On the second floor, Byrd said a large recovery lounge was built to be bigger than many Grand Slam tournament venues.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two have claimed some wins, including a new fighter jet mission for Selfridge Air National Guard Base, a push by Trump to protect the Great Lakes from invasive Asian carp and a disaster declaration from the president to support ice storm recovery efforts in northern Michigan.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Pineda-Mogollon remained at large as of Tuesday afternoon, with authorities offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to his recapture.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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The Alliance school district would also not be subject to recapture, a process by which excess local revenue is shared with other districts.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2025
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The department is encouraging borrowers who submitted an IDR application prior to the restoration of the IRS data retrieval tool to reapply online at StudentAid.gov.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Outside the interior, the beach club was designed as a key focus of the new model, fitted with a transformer swim platform that drops below the surface of the sea that helps with tender retrieval or simply stepping into the sea.—
Katia Damborsky,
Robb Report,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclamation. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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