as in to reconstruct
to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged
It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane.
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Recent Examples of rebuild
Additionally, comedy is not a priority as Paramount+’s original slate is being rebuilt under the new leadership.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
But President James Madison rehired Hoban to rebuild under the original design.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Truman and his family moved to Blair House across the street for over three years while contractors gutted the interior and rebuilt the structure with concrete and steel.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
However, Bon Jovi found a surgeon who performed a medialization thyroplasty surgery, a cutting-edge procedure in which an implant was placed on the outside of his vocal cord to rebuild the weakened cord.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
But President James Madison rehired Hoban to rebuild under the original design.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Truman and his family moved to Blair House across the street for over three years while contractors gutted the interior and rebuilt the structure with concrete and steel.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
However, Bon Jovi found a surgeon who performed a medialization thyroplasty surgery, a cutting-edge procedure in which an implant was placed on the outside of his vocal cord to rebuild the weakened cord.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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The team was able to reconstruct a complete, fleshy profile of Edmontosaurus annectens.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Oaklawn Avenue Bridge, which was just reconstructed for the I-77 north expansion, may be partially demolished and rebuilt.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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Putin created the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives four years later, which finances exhibitions, festivals, and art that rehabilitate Moscow’s image both at home and abroad.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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After years of sitting dormant, the station was restored as a new hotel, but a surprise was left behind on the top floor.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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The result can be a culture that restores its edge daily, rather than one that dulls until a major transformation is forced.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Rebuild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuild. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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