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 Trump, a former businessman himself, has also highlighted tariffs and a reclamation of the Panama Canal in recent weeks. Addy Bink, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025 The Capitals brought in Matt Roy and Logan Thompson, and bet on a few reclamation projects in Pierre-Luc Dubois, Jakob Chychrun and Andrew Mangiapane. Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025 Maybe even more impressive than his recruitment from abroad is his successful reclamation projects. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 The New York Mets built a starting rotation full of reclamation projects in 2024. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for reclamation 
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Noun
  • Dunkin, McDonald’s, Panera, Dutch Bros. Initiation date: Aug. 22, 2022 Portfolio weight: 3.02% Most recent buy: July, 29, 2024 Another data point Niccol cited was the recovery in U.S. category share among quick service restaurants following two straight quarters of declines.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The man was discharged a few days after surgery to start rehabilitation, and nine months later not only did the bones connect as doctors hoped, the man saw an incredible recovery.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
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  • The recapture comes after the animals weathered a rare winter storm that brought snow.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Some versions of the photo contained GIFs or recaptures of the image, which can throw off AI detection tools, Scheirer said.
    Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In order to maximize the number of eggs that can be harvested from the human body, most women who undergo an egg retrieval spend two weeks, give or take, injecting themselves at home with a cocktail of drugs.
    Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025
  • On a puck retrieval, Bratt got under Mason Lohrei and knocked him off his pegs.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclamation. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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