reclamation
noun
rec·la·ma·tion
ˌre-klə-ˈmā-shən 
: the act or process of reclaiming: such as
b
: restoration to use : recovery
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Examples of reclamation in a Sentence
pumped water out of the field as part of the land reclamation program designed to provide farmers with more farmland
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The rally, like the campaign itself, was an act of reclamation.
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room (2015) saw a group of young punks fight for survival against a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads in a reclamation of punk, not only as a music genre but as a lifestyle.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
There is also the redrawing of an island’s outlines by land reclamation: the transformation of an area of water into new land, often by filling the area with sand.
Plans to reclaim this beach park were first announced a year before Singapore’s independence in 1964, when my father was a child.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
From her haircare line to her reclamation of the country music genre, her ventures boldly enter spaces ripe for transformation.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room (2015) saw a group of young punks fight for survival against a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads in a reclamation of punk, not only as a music genre but as a lifestyle.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
There is also the redrawing of an island’s outlines by land reclamation: the transformation of an area of water into new land, often by filling the area with sand.
Plans to reclaim this beach park were first announced a year before Singapore’s independence in 1964, when my father was a child.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
From her haircare line to her reclamation of the country music genre, her ventures boldly enter spaces ripe for transformation.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Reclamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reclamation. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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reclamation
noun
rec·la·ma·tion
ˌrek-lə-ˈmā-shən
: the act or process of reclaiming : the state of being reclaimed
Legal Definition
reclamation
noun
rec·la·ma·tion
ˌre-klə-ˈmā-shən
1
: the act or process of reclaiming
the reclamation of goods delivered to an insolvent buyer
2
: a right to reclaim (as under commercial law)
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