JERRY-BUILDS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

jerry-builds

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present tense third-person singular of jerry-build

as in rigs (up)

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Thomas’ trailer follows an 11-year-old boy who builds an AI version of his late mother who rebuilds his late mother that quietly begins saving lives, captured through various moments.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Neither strategy does much to restore Brazil’s credibility because neither rebuilds the capacity on which that credibility rests.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebuilds

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In modern nuclear weapons, conventional explosives set off a fission reaction—the splitting of big atoms—whose intensity then ignites a fusion reaction that combines light atoms.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Its formula combines peptides, niacinamide, and exfoliating lipohydroxy acid to help skin look smoother and brighter, while keeping it hydrated for hours.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 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

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Distributed by Hive Media Corp, the drama reconstructs the August 15, 1974 assassination attempt on President Park Chung-hee and stars Yu Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho as figures probing contradictions in the state’s official inquiry.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, a fierce OpenAI competitor, is the bad guy of The Social Reckoning, opening October 9, which reconstructs the 2021 showdown between Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) and whistleblower Frances Haugen (Oscar-winner Mikey Madison).

— Philip Shenon, Air Mail, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of reconstructs

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Headquartered in Hickory since 1992, the company designs and manufactures components for advanced computing infrastructure, enterprise and telecommunications networks, as well as military applications.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
Stuart Burt is casting director, Susan Kulkarni designs costumes, Helen Keane of Campbell Young Associates designs wigs, hair and makeup, and Alex Payne is fight director.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

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