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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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  • Mason McTavish was the biggest exit, John Carlson turned out to be a rental and Jacob Trouba switched California rebuilds.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • True investigations, where somebody sits down and rebuilds a timeline across four systems, are a much smaller subset that almost nobody separates out.
    — Sanjay Gidwani, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of rebuilds
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  • As Judy goes barreling down the street, people stare, drivers yell, and the brassy Brooklynite throws up a finger.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
  • That throws up a juxtaposition whereby clubs have to balance competing objectives.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of throws up
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  • Organizers say the initiative combines nutrition and education, providing seniors with healthy food options while offering resources about Alzheimer's prevention and brain health.
    — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Conventional tape combines the adhesive material on a backing that’s typically a different, mostly plastic film or paper.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of combines
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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 redesign is taking place while the MTA reconstructs the Grand Central Train Shed, which is directly below the stretch of Park Avenue that'll be part of the redesign.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of reconstructs
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  • Jessica McCormack designs the interiors herself, with help from residential architects.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • An engineering bureau in Nizhny Novgorod designs the systems and supplies the core hardware.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of designs
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“Jerry-builds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-builds. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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