reconstruction

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Recent Examples of reconstruction And sometimes the feelings and emotions our memories stir up in us are more honest than a perfect reconstruction of the past. Literary Hub, 7 May 2026 Trump’s Gaza plan, which Israel and ⁠Hamas agreed to in October, involves Israeli troops withdrawing from Gaza and reconstruction starting as Hamas lays down its weapons. Reuters, NBC news, 7 May 2026 Because certain members portrayed didn’t leave expansive journals, Fehrman sometimes has to rely on conjecture or push his imaginative reconstruction too far. The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 May 2026 DePodesta, hired last November in the wake of Colorado’s 119-loss season, faced a major reconstruction project, not just with the roster but with the front office and coaching staff. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruction
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Noun
  • Under the revision, the Recreation Center would stay open 40 hours a week, a reduction from 60 hours.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • The ballot question is the latest version of the legislation, championed by Commissioner Damian Pardo, which has undergone several revisions and been a point of contention throughout the past year.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The simulations showed that the collision unfolded in several stages.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
  • Some people know that there is no human on the other side but say that the simulation of connection and understanding is enough.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The very hospital itself, trapped in the middle of a massive remodeling, seems to need her.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
  • Culinary experiences banking on fresh local ingredients and revisiting traditional Sardinian cuisine add to the holistic well-being ambitions of the retreat, which last year also unveiled a remodeling of five of its suites overlooking the sea or garden patio.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • But many come to see a show at the Blackfriars Playhouse, a re-creation of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • Their gauzy re-creation of lower Manhattan in the 1990s — with the piles of trash that actually lined the streets at the time carefully removed — is dreamy and likely to stir nostalgic thoughts about Sex and the City, Felicity, and even Eyes Wide Shut.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Historically, the superintendent has not had sufficient experience in K-12 classrooms to improve efficiency, center equity and center hands-on policy reformation.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • The history of religion, with its thousands of schisms and reformations, is full of pilgrims who, rather than discard their relationship with their sacred text, have found purpose, clarity, and community through defiance.
    Séamas O'Reilly, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While miniature, this space capsule is no toy.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 11 May 2026
  • Next up, a build plate of an entire droid army of miniatures.
    Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Yet as public-sector budgets come under fiscal pressure the world over, festivals in any place of the world are seeking an industrial reconversion from one-off events to year-round hubs enrolling their brands – and Clermont Ferrand’s is very large – to amplify their value.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 30 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Cars Land opened in 2012 as part of a reworking of the theme park and at long last gave it a striking land that could rival — and in many cases surpass — those of its next-door neighbor, Disneyland.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • The order comes as the White House is in the midst of a politically sensitive reworking of its health policy agenda as Republicans lag in midterm election polls.
    Daniel Payne, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026

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“Reconstruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstruction. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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