How to Use reclamation in a Sentence

reclamation

noun
  • The Cavs took a shot on him as a reclamation project from Utah.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
  • So far Mullen has the upper hand in the reclamation projects.
    Brent Zwerneman, ExpressNews.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Goodwald has always been in the reclamation end of the steel business.
    Star Tribune, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Now, that statement includes the bullpen, thanks in part to a couple of reclamation projects.
    Jared Diamond, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
  • As an adult Valera started hiking not as an act of reclamation, but for her own self-care and healing.
    Rebecca Nagle, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2020
  • But Belichick has a long history of striking gold on reclamation projects.
    Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 29 June 2020
  • For both Chou and Ang, the movie signified a sort of reclamation over an age-old fable that the two had grown up with.
    NBC News, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Does Mendenhall have the energy required for the multi-year reclamation project?
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Miller, something of a reclamation project, gave up a couple hits in the first two innings before Justin Smoak delivered the blow of the day.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2020
  • Newsom’s ascent to a prime speaking position caps a remarkable reclamation job with party leaders.
    Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • China started land-reclamation efforts in the South China Sea in 2013.
    Helen Raleigh, National Review, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The two shop cats are a big draw at the antique and reclamation store.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Armstrong and Singer, both from the Prince George Cougars, have been kind of reclamation projects.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The song might sound like an act of reclamation — taking back a word weaponized by men.
    Adam Bradley, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Like Ayón, Black women and men around the world have used art as protest and reclamation for eons.
    Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • If the Kraken want a reclamation project, the former first-rounder would be one.
    Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 20 July 2021
  • The Warriors have had success with reclamation projects, and this would be a big one.
    Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • One of my first acts of body reclamation was putting on a bathing suit again for the first time in 20 years and swimming in a pool with fat friends.
    Virgie Tovar, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The focus of the main mission now turns to the future reclamation of the Martian samples.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2023
  • One Way Back, more than five years in the making, is partly that kind of reclamation.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The release of Control was a pointed, in-your-face reclamation of the steering wheel of her life.
    Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Alas, this reclamation project didn’t work out for the Yankees or Santana.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
  • Huntsville also has plans to test oxygen and water reclamation on the station for the long haul to the Red Planet.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Today, the Weeknd’s use of their music on House of Balloons feels both like a work of fandom and reclamation.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2021
  • While that reclamation project didn’t pan out, the Cubs could look for that type of pitcher profile again to bring into camp.
    Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The name is a sarcastic reclamation of the sentiment too many kids have heard from men like Coach T.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The Tigers viewed him as a potential reclamation project.
    Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2021
  • This has perhaps left rock and roll available for a reclamation.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • But the book’s section on vegetables seems like a reclamation of sorts.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022
  • Ultimately, the scene depicts Penelope's reclamation of her body and the shedding of her wallflower status, transforming her into an equal to Colin.
    Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 14 June 2024

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