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reprocessing

British  
/ riːˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ /

adjective

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

    reprocessing plant

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He noted the swift uptick in activity at North Korea’s central Yongbyon nuclear complex, including at a 5-megawatt reactor, a reprocessing unit and a light-water reactor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

With uranium prices rising again on international markets, it is increasingly worthwhile for power companies to seek reprocessing of spent fuel.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 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

The problem with a real networked environment is that one does not know who is reformatting and reprocessing one's data when one enters a client server mode.

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