reclamation

Example Sentences

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In 2025, his Portuguese-language film “Kites” — a story about personal reclamation in favelas of Rio de Janeiro — won the Special Jury Mention for Viewpoints at the Tribeca Film Festival.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Her journey from a two-year-old cancer patient to a woman reshaping how Ghana sees disability is not a story of survival, it is a story of reclamation.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Hulshof said the regime change may “at least conceptually enhance ConocoPhillips’ position to benefit from either reclamation of assets or ease of payments.”

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

When asked in February about Vietnam’s land reclamation, a spokesman for the Chinese government said that it opposes “construction activities on illegally occupied islands and reefs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

We were expected to use our suits' reclamation systems for that.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir