RECONSTRUCTION Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

reconstruction

noun

Definition of reconstruction

as in revision

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as in simulation

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Recent Examples of reconstruction Applegate, who underwent a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis in 2008, told her co-host Jamie Lynn-Sigler. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Nov. 2026 Usually, a plastic surgeon is also in the operating room ready to begin reconstruction once the cancer is removed. — Anusha Subramanian, Vox, 10 Nov. 2026 In 2020, the city spent millions to buy the property and to end Kmart's lease, making way for demolition and reconstruction. — Beret Leone, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026 During a visit to Riyadh by al-Sharaa, the Saudi government agreed to lend Syria more than $400 million for postwar reconstruction of homes and basic infrastructure. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruction

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Noun

The report included upward revisions totaling an extra 84,000 jobs added in August and September, meaning the labor market had been stronger in those months than previously thought.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Friday’s report also showed strong upward revisions to recent jobs data.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of revision

Noun

Their simulations suggest that keeping bubbles below this threshold could limit the additional voltage required due to an individual bubble to within three percent.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
The new simulation, called Lumina, re-creates how the first stars and black holes drove reionization, a pivotal but enigmatic phase that transformed the universe.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of simulation

Noun

In a settlement agreement with the state, Pharmaneek said some inspection problems were due to remodeling.

— Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026
During this process, called remodeling, cells known as osteoclasts remove old bone while other cells – osteoblasts – build its replacement.

— Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of remodeling

Noun

According to a re-creation of their movements during the murder trial, the family did arrive at Ragusa, on a private yacht in March of 2025.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
The teamLab spot is not estimated to open until 2030, but a press release specifies this will be a new exhibition and not a re-creation of one of the collective’s popular international exhibits.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of re-creation

Noun

But this begs the parallel question of what the current museum architecture arises from and reflects, and why the oceanic and the oligarchic logics of the museum’s reformation now travel together here.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Years after his dad’s reformation, Jonah sits on a bench at the Broncos’ practice facility in Dove Valley, gazing out at the green expanse of his future.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026

Definition of reformation

Noun

Unlike the composer’s typically massive, sprawling drones, these pieces for pipe organ—accompanied by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and cellist Lucy Railton—are finely filigreed miniatures.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
But as Goldring and Rutherword would discover, this particular miniature was more than just a pretty picture of a would-be bride.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of miniature

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Yet the reconversion into a mosque preserved much of the Crusader church, and the majority of the nave and the western portal were still visible in modern times.

— Stephennie Mulder, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2024
Maenza and Haider met for the first time in person at a reception following an ecumenical prayer service lamenting the reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

— Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 July 2021

Definition of reconversion

Noun

The French-language drama is an ambitious reworking of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s A Short Film About Love and A Short Film About Killing.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
The overhaul amounted to a major reworking of a program that has canceled loans for more than 1 million Americans.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

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