reprocessing

British

/ riːˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ /

adjective

of or relating to the treatment of materials in order to make them reusable

reprocessing plant

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She had tried traditional therapy, as well as interventions like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, where a patient is asked to recall traumatic events while experiencing auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Seoul had secured "support for expanding our authority over uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing", he said.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Then, in a startling announcement, North Korea said it had begun withdrawing thousands of fuel rods from its Yongbyon nuclear reactor for reprocessing.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025

Shasta County Registrar Thomas Toller said his office was reprocessing ballots at a speed of about 700 an hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

A good deal of plastic furniture of the sort they had been finding everywhere in the city was stacked about, some of it broken up, apparently for reprocessing.

From Omnilingual by Freas, Kelly

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