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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 rebuilding
Abby Dodge, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Across the Palisades, rebuilding is underway, but uneven.
—Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
There is obviously some rebuilding to be done in your relationship with your brother, but the wedding is probably not the right place to do it.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
The Miami Marlins find themselves in a familiar limbo of either contending for the postseason or heading into another rebuilding year.
—Takashi Williams, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The Warriors graduated eight seniors, but coach Jodi Frigo isn’t calling this a rebuilding year.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
The rebuilding that occurred was not just structural.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
The rebuilding process would fail.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
By Leslie Kaufman, Bloomberg US home insurance premiums are set to rise for a fifth straight year in 2026 as insurers grapple with losses from extreme weather and high rebuilding costs.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The Post found a franchise that lagged behind innovative industry leaders and remained stuck in the middle ground between going all-in for a championship and rebuilding its roster without ever fully committing to either.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
The concern is that the hammer lands on teams that are just bad, injured or rebuilding normally, while the truly motivated tankers simply learn the new angles.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Alphabet Streets, according to Los Angeles permitting data, are rebuilding faster than any other neighborhood in the area and are expected to repopulate sooner than others.
—Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
But while some of his counterparts have stepped down to avoid rebuilding every year and constantly having to fundraise, Pitino has thrived in it.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
The Cardinals are in rebuilding mode after trading veterans Sonny Gray, Brendan Donovan, Nolan Arenado and Willson Contreras in the offseason for prospects.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
But rebuilding again will be a challenge, Griffin acknowledged.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
When stores reopened, Launiu focused on rebuilding.
—J.m. Banks
march 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
An online fundraiser has also been launched by Brown's family and friends to help cover rebuilding expenses.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Across the Palisades, rebuilding is underway, but uneven.
—Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
There is obviously some rebuilding to be done in your relationship with your brother, but the wedding is probably not the right place to do it.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
The Miami Marlins find themselves in a familiar limbo of either contending for the postseason or heading into another rebuilding year.
—Takashi Williams, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The Warriors graduated eight seniors, but coach Jodi Frigo isn’t calling this a rebuilding year.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
The rebuilding that occurred was not just structural.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
The rebuilding process would fail.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
By Leslie Kaufman, Bloomberg US home insurance premiums are set to rise for a fifth straight year in 2026 as insurers grapple with losses from extreme weather and high rebuilding costs.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
After completing another rebuilding job at TCU, Campbell now has a chance to lead the Horned Frogs to the Final Four in the place where everything started.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The Post found a franchise that lagged behind innovative industry leaders and remained stuck in the middle ground between going all-in for a championship and rebuilding its roster without ever fully committing to either.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
The concern is that the hammer lands on teams that are just bad, injured or rebuilding normally, while the truly motivated tankers simply learn the new angles.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Alphabet Streets, according to Los Angeles permitting data, are rebuilding faster than any other neighborhood in the area and are expected to repopulate sooner than others.
—Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
But while some of his counterparts have stepped down to avoid rebuilding every year and constantly having to fundraise, Pitino has thrived in it.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
The Cardinals are in rebuilding mode after trading veterans Sonny Gray, Brendan Donovan, Nolan Arenado and Willson Contreras in the offseason for prospects.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
But rebuilding again will be a challenge, Griffin acknowledged.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
When stores reopened, Launiu focused on rebuilding.
—J.m. Banks
march 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuilding
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The $60 million bond would fund major renovations to three elementary schools, along with repairs and upgrades to more than 20 other facilities across the district.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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Consumers have held out hope for a reopening of the strait and a relatively speedy recovery, but facility repairs could stretch on for months and choke off fuel supply in the meantime.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Understanding these building blocks is key to reconstructing how the universe evolved from the fiery hot plasma that permeated space after the Big Bang to the structured web of galaxies observed today.—
Mariangela Lisanti,
Twin Cities,
27 Mar. 2026
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Archaeologist Eric Cline has spent his career forensically reconstructing why, and the answer is far stranger and more unsettling than a single catastrophic event.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Game-fixing has long been a concern for professional baseball, with prominent examples dating back to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Accusations of ineligibility and grade-fixing led to the Cowboys being stripped of their state title.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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While Colorado lawmakers have made significant strides in adding state regulations to prevent future scandals, rehabilitating the funeral industry’s reputation is a more complicated task.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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When an older house has been lived in for a few years, the home could be in a condition that isn’t worth rehabilitating or its sellers might not want to deal with the housing market, instead opting to pass the site on to a developer, Vaughn said.—
Neal Franklin,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When the work is done on the southbound side, the concrete barrier will be placed on the northbound of the bridge for reconstruction and traffic purposes.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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Extremely risky orbital reconstruction surgery was a possibility, along with a donor nerve, or a full donor eye.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Sean O’Byrne of the Downtown Council wrote in a letter that the project will grow the neighborhood and tax base while driving more development along Main Street and restoring an architectural treasure.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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But Lanier pressed him on an April 2020 email from Meta’s vice president of product design, Margaret Gould Stewart, who wrote directly to oppose restoring many of the filters.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Doyle argues the reconditioning of riverbeds isn’t as chaotic as opponents suggest.—
Patrick Sisson,
Scientific American,
9 Mar. 2026
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All-Star point guard Dejounte Murray (return to competition reconditioning) did not play for the first game of a back-to-back (New Orleans plays at Phoenix on Friday).—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Rebuilding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuilding. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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