How to Use restoration in a Sentence

restoration

noun
  • The town called for a restoration of the law.
  • The building is undergoing restoration.
  • The course restoration has been in the works since 2017 when talks with Hanse began.
    Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • In return, the group agreed to pay the entire cost of grass restoration.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Not for the Word, but for restoration — to status, to fame, and to glory.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • In the months after the Burn, a special restoration team sweeps the playa, raking any Moop out of the dust.
    Alden Wicker, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Photos show the vestibule and chapel after decades of restoration work.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • There will also be beach and dune ecosystem restoration projects along the Texas coast.
    Arkansas Online, 11 Dec. 2022
  • At 8:15 two antlerless deer worked their way into the middle of the prairie restoration.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2022
  • In the film’s restoration, what’s so arresting are the pops of color of late-1990s Oakland.
    Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The process of restoration was long and painstaking, involving the use of divers to collect the original stones from the riverbed.
    Sameh Wahba, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Not to mention the gorgeous, historic details that the house contained were in need of restoration, too.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 June 2023
  • The current owners took the home through a complete historic restoration in 2015.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
  • Sometimes the simple power of film restoration can bowl you over.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • One goal of restoration is make the forest more climate resilient.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
  • Dan Kwong became the de facto manager of the field restoration project.
    Emilie Ikeda, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • And he’s backed off of a plan to cut $40 million from San Joaquin Floodplain restoration, and now argues that project should be funded.
    Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • This morass of American weakness and failure cries out for a Trumpian restoration of peace through strength.
    Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
  • In case any of your rides need a tune-up, the garage is equipped with a restoration and maintenance facility.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • But some outside experts are doubtful about the new restoration.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Ambitious coral restoration efforts are underway across the atolls of the Maldives — with the help of some hands-on guests.
    Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The car ventured to Venezuela with the family, then back to the States, and ultimately enjoyed a three-year restoration.
    A.j. Baime, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Cromwell’s death in 1658 and the poor leadership of his son and successor, Richard Cromwell, enabled the royals’ restoration.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2023
  • Nick Bouwes, who serves as the program’s director, has studied the effects of beavers on stream restoration for over 13 years.
    Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Some tribes signed those agreements to pursue habitat restoration while others did not and stayed in court.
    Tony Schick, ProPublica, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But so far, the state’s database includes only the number of acres needing restoration.
    Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In this gorgeous 4K restoration, two con artists set up a plan to sell a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps known as the Nine Queens to a collector.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The project also required the creation of Alexandria’s largest wetlands restoration project.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But because of decades of restoration efforts, starting in the 1950s, wild turkeys have made a remarkable comeback.
    Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The statue of children playing tug of war had been located at Ecolab’s global headquarters downtown, but had weathered over the years and was in need of restoration.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2024

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