reconstruction

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Recent Examples of reconstruction In 1963, when the nation was still catching its breath from one Reconstruction and sliding toward another, Black Americans were again asked to be patient. Jack Hill, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025 Listen to this article An elbow reconstruction has provided Reiss Knehr with a new lease on his career. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2025 Syria is a shattered country whose reconstruction will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025 The sanctions not only froze assets and restricted transactions with Syrian officials, but after the 2019 Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, foreign individuals and companies that supported the regime's reconstruction efforts could also be targeted. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for reconstruction
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Noun
  • In the last 30 days, there have been no negative revisions of earnings estimates.
    MoneyShow, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • If passed, the revisions would eliminate many of the repayment options introduced under the Biden administration and simplify the process into two choices, both of which would result in higher payments for most borrowers.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The toolchain also provides diverse sensor simulation data enhanced with hyper-realistic variations generated by NVIDIA Omniverse and Cosmos.
    Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • These planets around small stars hosted significantly fewer lightning strikes — only a handful of strikes per second, the simulations showed.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Dissolving the agency paves the way, the administration claims, for a reformation of America’s foreign aid program.
    Time, Time, 12 May 2025
  • Molded into implants in Kaplan’s lab, researchers reconstitute silk into structures that mimic the human body, supporting cell growth and tissue reformation.
    Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The climax of this biopic in miniature, of course, is the crash, which, like Sully, dramatizes the cockpit transcript from the real-life event with word-for-word detail.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 May 2025
  • In addition, fans are excited to pick up official miniatures to paint and portray desperate battles between humans and Xenomorphs on the table top.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In Erdogan's view, questioning the reconversion of Hagia Sophia was an attack on Turkish sovereignty.
    Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2020
  • Erdogan presented the reconversion of Hagia Sophia not simply as an act of piety or the rectification of a historic injustice but as a defense of Turkey’s sovereignty.
    Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2020
Noun
  • Blend everything using a lip brush for a natural, flawless transition.
    Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • For three seasons, the sweet Amazon series looked at that moment of transition as an opportunity: a defining point in time where kids in school became adults of the real world.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Reporting on their most recent outlays, there appears to be little variation between 2019 and 2025 in the type of specific investments in capital equipment.
    William Dunkelberg, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • From Celestial Blue to Butter Yellow, with 13 unique color choices, coordinating or matching the color and style of a bedroom is easy with the variation in color palette.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • This alteration is a win for hardliners who have for days been pushing for steeper spending cuts to be included in the package.
    John Parkinson, ABC News, 22 May 2025
  • Razor was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, weapons in a motor vehicle, alteration of a serial number, operating under suspension and possession of narcotics.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025

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