Example Sentences

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“The board’s highest water quality planning priority has been restoring native fish species in the Delta watershed, which are central to the lifeways of many tribes.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Coniston's Ruskin Museum is calling on engineer Bill Smith to return the craft, which he has been restoring in North Tyneside.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

Since about 2018, Metro has been restoring and updating the infrastructure needed to run the automatic system.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022

Enter Music Vault. Owned by memorabilia and concert merch store Wolfgang’s Vault, the company has been restoring vintage concert footage to create a more curated and authoritative live music archive on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2014

It is the warmth of this yellow sun of Florence that has been restoring the text of my own young romance; the thing has been lying before me today as a clear, fresh page. 

From The Diary of a Man of Fifty by James, Henry