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verb

restore

CEFR B1

to bring back to a former condition

In a sentence

Six example sentences with restore, each labelled with its topic.

  • Conservators spent two years removing yellowed varnish to restore the altarpiece to the colors the painter actually mixed.

    Art

  • The council voted to restore the burnt town hall exactly as it stood in 1890, brick pattern and all.

    Architecture

  • Volunteers pulled out the drainage pipes to restore the marsh, and within four springs the wading birds came back.

    Environment

  • Engineers had to restore the database from Sunday's backup, losing a full day of orders in the process.

    Technology

  • Surgery to restore hearing in her left ear succeeded, and she heard rain on the window for the first time in years.

    Medicine

  • He works to restore faded prints, scanning each one and bringing back the colours the sun had bleached out.

    Photography

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