jerry-builds

verb

present tense third-person singular of jerry-build
as in rigs (up)

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  1. rebuilds
  2. throws up
  3. combines
  4. retrofits
  5. reconstructs
  6. designs
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  • Jewett points out that there are plenty of applications, such as drug delivery and diagnostics, that don’t need a cell that fully rebuilds itself but could benefit from a facsimile like the SpudCell.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
  • The teaser also offers glimpses of Vincent Lindon as Jean Valjean, the ex-convict who rebuilds his life as a benevolent industrialist, and Tahar Rahim as Inspector Javert, Valjean’s relentless nemesis.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 July 2026
Definition of rebuilds
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  • Landon Barker throws up a peace sign at Elie Tahari’s Fourth of July celebration in the Hamptons, New York, on July 3.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • The script by Kevin Wade throws up hurdles of sexism and class snobbery, never sugarcoating how Tess’s male co-workers treat her like a blow-up doll.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
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  • The launch marks Elon Musk’s biggest move yet toward turning X into an all-in-one platform that combines social networking, payments and everyday banking.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
  • Major global and local activist investors are increasingly engaged, advocating for a new approach that combines McKinsey-style strategic consulting with Blackstone-like operational discipline.
    — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
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  • Where Gravis retrofits machines already on site, Monumental deploys its own fleet from scratch.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Four years later, her company, DB Trucks, buys and builds water trucks, or retrofits trucks that customers own, for uses like construction sites and firefighting.
    — Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Definition of retrofits
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  • The brain compares the relative signal strength across these three channels and reconstructs something on the order of a million distinguishable colors.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Using black box recordings, passenger videos, and onboard surveillance footage, Shipwrecked reconstructs the infamous disaster.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
Definition of reconstructs
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  • The Canadian company designs and produces products including HVAC controls, humidifiers and heaters.
    — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
  • While no awards have been publicly announced, reports from the Journal and the New York Times say one of the biggest beneficiaries would be Westinghouse, which designs nuclear reactors sold overseas.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 23 July 2026
Definition of designs
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