Example Sentences

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The U.S. and China have been restoring contacts that were broken off over the past four years, both by the coronavirus pandemic that restricted travel and the growing animosity between the world’s two largest economies.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023

It’s one of a few sites in Mexico where conservationists have been restoring wetlands and forests along the path where the river once flowed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2022

In the past few years, slowly converging lines of evidence have been restoring the clearest picture yet of the stargazing knowledge European colonizers fought so hard to scrub away.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 1, 2022

Circuit clerks should have been restoring several books on an annual basis, budgeting for their maintenance and organization.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2017

Since then, private developers have been restoring many of the historic structures on the 32-acre property and turning them into unique living spaces.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2015