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How to use reclamation in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Reclamation means the act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed. Example: “Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims.”

Examples of reclamation by meaning

nounThe act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.

  • Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims.2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222
  • From there, the material will be transported by rail to three sites across the country, to be used for land reclamation.2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60

More sentences with reclamation

  • A similar physical joining has happened to Taipa and Coloane because of land reclamation from the sea.2017 May, Emily Matchar, Piera Chen, “Macau”, in Hong Kong (Lonely Planet), 17th edition, Lonely Planet Global Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page…. From the entry Taipa
  • The reclamation of the Taipei Basin began with people from Jhangjhou and the Hakka.2016 July 29, “Museum Briefing”, in New Taipei City Hakka Museum, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2016. From the entry Jhangjhou
  • And all have been significantly altered by successive waves of reclamation.2009 December 13, Jason Wordie, “Out and about”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2023…. From the entry West Point
  • By contrast, Article IV omitted mention of self-help recaption or reclamation.2005, Akhil Reed Amar, America's Constitution: A Biography. From the entry recaption
  • The soil layer is scooped into the sodder and transported to the reclamation area.1978, Annual Report, USDA Forest Service. From the entry sodder
  • Built by reclamation of coastland and comprising an artificial harbour, it is located in Pali close to Keelung port.2022 March 12, Shamseer Mambra, “8 Major Ports of Taiwan”, in MarineInsight, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2022. From the entry pali
  • When the project began, workers delivered the earth from Morrison Hill to the reclamation using small trucks that they pushed by hand.2018 December 1, David Bellis, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, volume 2, Gwulo, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 104. From the entry Morrison Hill
  • One phase of Maoist land reconstruction policy for which nobody now has a good word to say is the reclamation of lakes.1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91. From the entry Huoqiu
  • Premier Chiang Ching-kuo (left) visited two cooperative farms and a tidal land reclamation project in Yunlin County in south-west Taiwan March 18.1973 March 25, “Rice plan to aid farmers”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 11, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1. From the entry Yunlin
  • The reclamation project at Tunghsihu in Wuhan suburb is the largest wasteland reclamation project in Hupeh to be carried out this winter and next spring.1962, Robert Carin, State Farms in Communist China, 1947-1961, →OCLC, page 215. From the entry Tunghsihu
  • A secondary protective device used near Greystones consists in the planting of bent grass and sea couch grass to aid reclamation of certain areas.1952 May, Frank Jeffares, “Irish Railway Coastal Defence”, in Railway Magazine, page 304. From the entry bent grass
  • Joyfully existing as a queer Indigenous person is an act of survivance and reclamation of ancient ways of knowing who we are and how we love.2022 June 20, yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective (@yehawshow), post on Instagram. From the entry survivance
  • Soon afterwards, following Causeway Bay reclamation, a single track was extended eastwards to Shau Ki Wan, although this was quickly converted to double track after World War I.2013 March 1, Barrie Shelton, Justyna Karakiewicz, Thomas Kvan, “Long, Low and Intense: From Possession Point to World War II”, in The…. From the entry Shau Ki Wan
  • After one day of observation we met Comrade Ts'uan Hsiao-hua, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Yu-tien Vanguard People's Commune, who is leading the reclamation movement in this region.1961 March 6, Hsiao Ying, Sung Cheng-hou, and others, “A Trip into the Takla Makan Desert”, in SELECTIONS FROM JEN-MIN JIH-PAO, PEIPING…. From the entry Yu-tien

Meaning of reclamation

  1. noun The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.
  2. noun The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated.

Full definition of reclamation

Questions about reclamation in a sentence

How do you use reclamation in a sentence?
Reclamation is used as a noun. For example: “Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims.”
What is a short sentence with reclamation?
“And all have been significantly altered by successive waves of reclamation.”
What does reclamation mean?
Reclamation means the act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.

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