restoring

Example Sentences

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All three support Mayor Karen Bass’ long-term goal of restoring the Los Angeles Police Department to 9,500 officers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

And I guess I’m curious about why this is done in the language of We’re tweaking, we’re doing tiny fixes, we’re restoring us to the status quo ex ante.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

“We are restoring fiscal discipline,” said Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The strategy for Shropshire is broken down into 16 priorities, including restoring hedgerows, peatlands and wetlands, "re-naturalising" rivers and protecting "veteran trees".

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Adjoining the den was a furnace room, which contained a tool-littered table piled with some of his other works-in- progress—an amplifying unit, an elderly wind-up Victrola that he was restoring to service.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote