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
Management has found reclamation projects and young talent to revitalize their aging core and has set this team up for a longer window of success as those up-and-comers take over key roles.
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The Rockies can ill afford to miss with pitchers given the reluctance to spend on premium free agents and inability to convince reclamation projects to take their money.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
Over the last few seasons, the club has identified pitchers that many viewed as reclamation projects and turned them into meaningful contributors with some tweaks.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
That’s a lot of faith, and trust to place into a 25-year-old who can only be best described as a reclamation project.
—Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The Rockies can ill afford to miss with pitchers given the reluctance to spend on premium free agents and inability to convince reclamation projects to take their money.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
Over the last few seasons, the club has identified pitchers that many viewed as reclamation projects and turned them into meaningful contributors with some tweaks.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
That’s a lot of faith, and trust to place into a 25-year-old who can only be best described as a reclamation project.
—Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclamation
Noun
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Net charge-offs refer to the amount of debt a bank has written off as uncollectible, minus any recoveries.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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Initial evidence suggests the practice may support the immune system, boost mood, improve circulation, decrease inflammation, relieve pain, and increase muscle recovery, though much more research is necessary to support these findings.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
23 Apr. 2025
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But the coalition made no further gains, and its advances in Idlib helped provoke the September–October 2015 Russian intervention that has over the last two years helped Assad win victory after victory, including the December 2016 recapture of Aleppo that dealt a major blow to the insurgency.—
Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Aug. 2017
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The Austin district has had to give up nearly half its property tax revenue to the state recapture program for years.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 Aug. 2024
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Even archiving and retrieval processes are becoming more efficient as AI categorizes and indexes content for seamless access.—
Abhi Shimpi,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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After landing in February 2021 in the Jezero Crater, the robot, controlled remotely from Earth, spent nearly four years searching for and collecting more than two dozen rock samples – many of which are stored at the first-ever depot on another planet for future retrieval.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclamation. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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