jerry-build

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jerry-build
Verb
  • It's thrown up plenty of surprises in the past on social media and Waffles' results were no different.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Here in ‘25, Dykes and his team did not throw up a repeat of their Deion dud but instead authored a Belichick Beatdown.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trust can be rebuilt through consistent effort.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • What was perhaps most catastrophic to some was governmental agencies’ failure to adequately and equitably help citizens recover and rebuild.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In addition, the design shows long-term stability under prolonged environmental exposure and can be seamlessly retrofitted onto existing window structures.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • According to Kirkland, these $4,000 robots (financed by the Water District) are toy bunnies that are retrofitted to emit heat, smell, and move.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For years, researchers have wondered: If the models are just reassembling, then how does novelty come into the picture?
    Webb Wright, Wired News, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Once all parts are completely dry, reassemble the fan, secure the cover, and restore power.
    Kendall Bettle, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Showrunner’s endeavor will deploy a fusion of AI and traditional film techniques to reconstruct the lost footage.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For her latest film, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has sourced the entire call and treated it with respect, horror, and grief, affording it space to play out in in full without attempts to visualize, animate, or reconstruct what is happening on the ground for Hind.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Auction ylelds $70,000 combined for two hams at the FFA breakfast as one highlight of the 2025 Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair now in the books.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The LiF@spinel approach combines a spinel buffer for rapid ion movement with a LiF outer layer that blocks corrosive attack, the researchers said.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • More than 1,000 people have been working on the wind farm, and Connecticut committed over $200 million to redevelop State Pier in New London to support the industry.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But the plan came to a screeching halt Friday morning after revelations came to light about the former CEO of the company the city had hoped would redevelop and manage the iconic stadium on Virginia Key.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There are many efforts underway by AI scholars, research labs, and AI makers to devise AI so that the AI can do a better job at coping with human delusional thinking.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Ken Goldberg, a University of California, Berkeley professor, devised a novel solution to bridge this gap.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Jerry-build.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-build. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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