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reclaim

[ri-kleym] / rɪˈkleɪm /


VERB
reform
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The time police must wait before being able to destroy a seized vehicle has been reduced from 14 to seven days, making it harder for offenders to reclaim and reuse them.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern chat with New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie to unpack how you, an everyday American, can reclaim constitutional power.

From Slate Aug. 13, 2026

He will not being doing that again, thus his renewed resolve to reclaim his throne.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Intel — a reliable dividend stock during the mid-2000s — had long struggled to reclaim its dot-com-era high of $74.88 a share before this year’s rally.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Fortinbras was no light threat, I knew, for his mission was to reclaim lands that his father had lost to King Hamlet in battle.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

But then a new generation rediscovers and reclaims it, until suddenly it’s being rebooted by a “Sundance wunderkind.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

If the stock reclaims $47, it could move toward $57 by mid-2026, implying roughly 25% upside from current levels.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

Before Harvard reclaims my Ph.D., let me lay out the merits of annuities.

From MarketWatch Mar. 20, 2026

The Myanmar military says it has captured one of the most notorious scam compounds on the border with Thailand, as it reclaims key territory it lost in the ongoing civil war.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2025

Everywhere throughout New England you find old, tumbledown field walls, often in the middle of the deepest, most settled-looking woods—a reminder of just how swiftly nature reclaims the land in America.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

She’s extremely interested in the ways problematic movies can be reclaimed by the real-life minority figures depicted in them, and what can be gleaned from studying these films’ merits.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Sinner beat Alcaraz in April's Monte Carlo final which ensured the Italian reclaimed the top spot in the world rankings - a place which he has not looked like relinquishing since.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Outside of acting, she designs jewelry under her brand, GreybyTamaraMello, creating pieces made exclusively from reclaimed metals.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Intrinsic to that same cut was the declaration that I’d reclaimed some part of myself, for myself, behind the bangs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

There was a smattering of applause as a seventh grader, flushed with triumph, reclaimed his plane, and we were under way 4gain.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman

Kris is a queer filmmaker taking on the task of reclaiming the slasher horror film-within-the-film, “Camp Miasma,” rebooting it for the queer community to no longer be appalled by.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

The Amicus bonus episode puts out a humble request: Tell us how you’re reclaiming the Constitution for yourself, your loved ones, your neighbors, and your community.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2026

"Las Vegas has done a phenomenal job in preserving and... reclaiming water," said Bruce Nelson, whose family has owned the lake's marina for almost 70 years.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Prices of gold also improved, rising 2% and reclaiming the key $4,500 an ounce level.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

The Greek Army, encouraged by the Allied Nations, had invaded western Turkey in 1919, reclaiming the ancient Greek territory in Asia Minor.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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