JERRY-BUILDING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

jerry-building

verb

present participle of jerry-build

as in rigging (up)

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Ashby froze him with a backdoor breaking ball to make it 3-2, then Díaz attempted to check his swing but didn’t get the call, throwing up his arms in frustration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Restoring the hotel’s façade will require more than just throwing up the scaffolding and calling in a team.

— Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of throwing up

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These technologies promise firmer, smoother skin, but there is a difference between improving the appearance of aging and rebuilding the structures that help skin behave more youthfully.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
Martin Kulldorff, the biostatistician known for co-authoring the Great Barrington Declaration, which advocated against Covid lockdowns, raised that question Wednesday in a lecture on rebuilding trust in science.

— Nicholas Florko, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebuilding

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Systems like these may offer a cheaper solution than pouring a permanent foundation, particularly when retrofitting existing homes.

— Daniel Wolfe, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Therefore, retrofitting Stormwater ponds and infrastructure are key to assisting older parts of town from flooding.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, in Bar Sur, regional maker Cata Flaño contributed a massive mixed-media mural combining watercolors with local peat, driftwood, and historical navigation charts marked at 55 degrees south.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Landry Shamet and Jordan Clarkson also lit up on offense off the bench, combining for six 3s.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

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This poetic début novel, a finalist for the Booker Prize, is narrated largely by an unnamed curator who specializes in reconstructing scenes from the past.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Frost likens the distinction between conserving a kitchen in place and reconstructing one in a museum to the difference between a musical instrument still being played and one only on display.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of reconstructing

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Kennedy will helm a team of producers designing the look and content of dual ceremonies that will kick off the Summer Olympics on July 14, 2028 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
McCormack had a hand in designing some of the company’s first half-dozen restaurants as a contractor, then joined Cheesecake Factory full-time in 1995, a few years after the chain went public.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of designing

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With her knack for devising novel solutions to seemingly insoluble problems, no one was better suited for the job.

— Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Mungiu may have a less sadistic streak and a more active camera, but the two filmmakers share a particular commitment to narrative indeterminacy, devising intricate yet incomplete crime-story plots that function broadly as sociopolitical allegories.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

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