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
This doesn't mean large organizations need to tear themselves down and rebuild overnight.
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Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Electrons pinball across membranes and between compounds to drive molecular turbines that rebuild air and water into sugars to provide the energy and raw materials that cells need to grow.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2026
That could help rebuild trust, said Alexa Friedman, an environmental epidemiologist at the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit that researches the ingredients in consumer products.
—Kff Health News, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Schwartz explained to me that this time around, the understructure of the bridge was rebuilt but (owing to the Landmarks designation) had to maintain its late-19th-century appearance.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 10 June 2026
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Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Electrons pinball across membranes and between compounds to drive molecular turbines that rebuild air and water into sugars to provide the energy and raw materials that cells need to grow.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2026
That could help rebuild trust, said Alexa Friedman, an environmental epidemiologist at the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit that researches the ingredients in consumer products.
—Kff Health News, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Schwartz explained to me that this time around, the understructure of the bridge was rebuilt but (owing to the Landmarks designation) had to maintain its late-19th-century appearance.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuild
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When reconstructing the Inquisition trial of a sixteenth-century northern Italian miller, historian Carlo Ginzburg encountered a line that would eventually inspire the title of his paradigm-shifting study The Cheese and the Worms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The lost information was reconstructed by Gaudí’s collaborators which then helped later generations of architects.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
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The buildings recognized have generally been threatened by a lack of maintenance, loss of parking, and owners’ lack of awareness of economic incentives available to rehabilitate historic buildings.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
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Sacramento Suburban Water District and the maintenance company entered into an exclusive agreement in 2023 to rehabilitate wells, which General Manager Dan York said has been valuable given the limited number of well maintenance companies in the region.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Iran had not charged tolls on the Strait of Hormuz before the war, meaning the deal largely restores conditions that existed before it.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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State biologists also consider prescribed burns, 88,000 of which take place each year, as essential for restoring prairies, forests and marshes with new growth.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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“Rebuild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuild. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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