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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

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

So you can take an older battery and recondition it, and it’ll be much better for many years.

From The Verge Jan. 24, 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

He reconditions used cars in a 40,000-sq,-ft, $500,000 plant that he grandly calls "the Courtesy Conditioning Assembly Line."

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition, more than a dozen giants are currently in transition — that is, getting reconditioned or relocated.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

It means donated lungs which are considered "borderline" for use can be reconditioned and used, instead of being discarded.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2024

Three deaths occurred in the group with reconditioned pacemakers, but none were related to the implantation procedure, device infection or malfunction.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2024

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

The used-vehicle retailer plans to do this by lowering reconditioning costs through technology and operational efficiency, enhancing its logistics network, and cutting back on its selling, general, and administrative expenses.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 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

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

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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