reclamation
Example Sentences
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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.”
“The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox” culminates with Amanda having built a life of purpose, marrying and becoming a mother, all parts of her story’s reclamation.
From Salon
Steinberg is an act of reclamation for Knox, and she believes Van Patten captured the nuances that so many people missed when she was a regular presence in the tabloids.
From Los Angeles Times
It was both reclamation and addendum, metaphors I carried into my future.
From Los Angeles Times
In the face of escalating fascism, education demands reclamation as a moral and political project whose task is to cultivate the knowledge, skills, values and civic courage necessary to challenge injustice and imagine alternative futures.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
