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recondition

[ree-kuhn-dish-uhn] / ˌri kənˈdɪʃ ən /




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However, it warned of higher costs to recondition vehicles.

From MarketWatch Feb. 18, 2026

Some will be purchased by dealers who will recondition them and sell them as used cars.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2023

Unseld said before the game that Beal will need time to recondition, but the plan was for him to travel with the Wizards on their upcoming trip.

From Washington Post Dec. 12, 2022

The point is to stay consistent and remember that you are using this time to recondition the muscles, tendons, ligaments and connective tissues in your legs, Dr. Wu said.

From New York Times May 13, 2022

He’d been so horrified by the condition of what he called “the boss’s lawn” that he’d come by to recondition it.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

Family-owned Seattle Barrel, collects, reconditions and sells 55-gallon industrial drums.

From Seattle Times Dec. 18, 2019

The hope is that “when you engage in the game pretty intensely for long periods of time, it actually reconditions how the brain processes information.”

From Scientific American Nov. 2, 2015

It was reconditioned after last season and recertified for use in 2011 by Stadium System, a company based in Canaan, Conn., that reconditions helmets for hundreds of schools around the country.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2011

He recently opened a motorcycle shop that reconditions and sells vintage Harley-Davidsons.

From Time Magazine Archive

His specialty is handmade British doubles, which he imports, reconditions and resells.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much of that equipment is being taken out of the plant to be rebuilt and reconditioned.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

The organs were put on ice and transported to Cambridge, where they were placed in the machine to be "reconditioned" before transplant.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2024

The "My Heart Your Heart" program began sending reconditioned pacemakers abroad in 2010 for cases of compassionate use, in which there is no alternative to treat a life threatening cardiac condition.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2024

City officials said they’d previously fined the shop for its e-bike charging practices, though inspectors reportedly did not check to see if the store was selling reconditioned batteries on a recent visit.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2023

Last week I sent a tuner over to my parents’ apartment and had the piano reconditioned, for purely sentimental reasons.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Carvana underwrites its own loans, giving it an advantage to used car salesmen, reflected in its cars worth $500 to $1000 versus rivals after reconditioning, helped by its scale, Bellas said.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Gross profit per unit is expected to normalize over coming quarters, and the reconditioning costs per unit would have been $220 lower if all the company’s locations were as efficient as the top 25%.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

The Mirrlees Blackstone MB275 engines have yielded cylinder heads, fuel pumps and fuel injectors which have been sent off for reconditioning.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2025

He sat out for reconditioning and missed the first game of the Clippers’ back-to-back set after signing with them this week, the 28-year-old looking forward to playing backup point guard for his new team.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2025

The only option was to ship all the magnets back to the manufacturer, Allis-Chalmers, for cleaning and radical reconditioning.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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