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recondition

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




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At CarMax, Barr’s strategy revolves around improving CarMax’s digital capabilities, growing its in-house financing arm and reducing its costs to recondition used cars for sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Its Cinefonics division makes documentary films both for Cook and other companies; the Air Mod division reconditions Air Force planes and repairs electronic gear.

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

Starboard recommends CarMax improve its digital trade-in, optimize reconditioning, and expand its auto financing arm.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Though reconditioning costs came in higher than anticipated, Carvana said it expects to be able to bring them down over time through a large-scale production facility with simpler and more data-driven operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

After a planned overnight stay, the astronauts will travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where they will begin standard postflight evaluations and physical reconditioning.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026

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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