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
But there are also quiet signs of reclamation, starting with the once-thriving communities of Goldsboro near Sanford, Jones Town in Orlando (one of the earliest all-Black neighborhoods in Florida) and Parramore.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
The company also currently pipes water to 26 of its own data centers, and is working on more than 100 more such water reclamation projects.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Monday’s reclamation marked a key milestone in reestablishing the tribe’s ownership within the watershed.
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Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
Thus, the god-vamp forms a rock band with his noisy next-door neighbors and starts writing songs as a rebuttal to (and reclamation of) Daniel’s book.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 June 2026
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
The company also currently pipes water to 26 of its own data centers, and is working on more than 100 more such water reclamation projects.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Monday’s reclamation marked a key milestone in reestablishing the tribe’s ownership within the watershed.
—
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
Thus, the god-vamp forms a rock band with his noisy next-door neighbors and starts writing songs as a rebuttal to (and reclamation of) Daniel’s book.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclamation
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That in and of itself wasn’t noteworthy — ice after starts is a regular part of any pitcher’s recovery and arm care.
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Pressure is building for standard definitions of stress, resilience and recovery speed, along with more clinical partnerships as regulators pay closer attention.
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Operation Overlord eventually led to the recapture of France from the Nazis and the surrender of the Nazi regime some 11 months later.
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Criminal gang violence continues unabated in Ecuador following the recapture in June 2025 of the country's biggest drug lord, Adolfo Macías, who leads Los Choneros, after his escape from a maximum-security prison in 2024.
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Storage, caching, vector pipelines, and high-throughput data paths matter because context and retrieval are now foundational to how AI applications and agents operate.
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Desperate to find Fluffy, Melissa sought the assistance of a pet retrieval specialist to search the neighborhood and nearby areas.
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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclamation. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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