as in reconstructing
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
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Reese wants to skip through the rebuilding process, but doing so has already put Chicago in a position in which building a stronger talent base is going to be much more difficult.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the Wildcats settled and improved as their rebuilding year carried along.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The Red Wolves, led by head coach Butch Jones, continue their rebuilding efforts in the Sun Belt Conference and will aim to set the tone with a strong start at home.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
An extensive rebuilding of the levees prevented disastrous flooding after Hurricane Ida, in 2021, but the power in some areas was out for weeks and the streets were full of uncollected debris for months.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Los Angeles County has approved 238 rebuilding permits as of August 22, out of 1,523 received, the majority coming from Altadena, the area hardest hit by the wildfires, according to a county dashboard.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The California Legislature this week passed a bill to give at least 2% of interest on insurance payments to owners of homes that need rebuilding or repair from natural disasters.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
Her community is still facing a long road to recovery, complicated by mounting rebuilding costs and limited job opportunities.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
In keeping with showrunner and co-creator Tim Minear‘s theme of change and rebuilding following the stalwart character’s shocking death, Stark said the upcoming installment will track the rest of the 118’s grief.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Increasing materials costs have made rebuilding more expensive, the report said.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
While everyone was busy working together trying to survive, and then rebuilding their lives afterwards, Seita and Setsuko cut themselves off and were left behind, denied access to any benefits from society, with no one to look out for them.
—Ginny Tapley Takemori
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Here's how those involved are rebuilding their lives.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
WisDOT revealed this option along with two others focused on rebuilding/consolidating ramps, at a May 29 open house.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Penix’s big arm and aggressive mentality will have to take that up a level to carry a defense that is rebuilding.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
By moving fast, Cracker Barrel mitigated the damage and began the slow process of rebuilding trust.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
After our Civil War in 1917-18, rebuilding started from the cities.
—Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Reese wants to skip through the rebuilding process, but doing so has already put Chicago in a position in which building a stronger talent base is going to be much more difficult.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the Wildcats settled and improved as their rebuilding year carried along.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The Red Wolves, led by head coach Butch Jones, continue their rebuilding efforts in the Sun Belt Conference and will aim to set the tone with a strong start at home.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
An extensive rebuilding of the levees prevented disastrous flooding after Hurricane Ida, in 2021, but the power in some areas was out for weeks and the streets were full of uncollected debris for months.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Los Angeles County has approved 238 rebuilding permits as of August 22, out of 1,523 received, the majority coming from Altadena, the area hardest hit by the wildfires, according to a county dashboard.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The California Legislature this week passed a bill to give at least 2% of interest on insurance payments to owners of homes that need rebuilding or repair from natural disasters.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
Her community is still facing a long road to recovery, complicated by mounting rebuilding costs and limited job opportunities.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
Today, the region is rebuilding while retaining its reputation as a scenic getaway close to Athens, marked by archaeological sites, seaside tavernas, and a landscape shaped by both its beauty and its exposure to natural disasters.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
In keeping with showrunner and co-creator Tim Minear‘s theme of change and rebuilding following the stalwart character’s shocking death, Stark said the upcoming installment will track the rest of the 118’s grief.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Increasing materials costs have made rebuilding more expensive, the report said.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
While everyone was busy working together trying to survive, and then rebuilding their lives afterwards, Seita and Setsuko cut themselves off and were left behind, denied access to any benefits from society, with no one to look out for them.
—Ginny Tapley Takemori
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Here's how those involved are rebuilding their lives.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
WisDOT revealed this option along with two others focused on rebuilding/consolidating ramps, at a May 29 open house.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Penix’s big arm and aggressive mentality will have to take that up a level to carry a defense that is rebuilding.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
By moving fast, Cracker Barrel mitigated the damage and began the slow process of rebuilding trust.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuilding
Verb
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These features are vital for reconstructing how early whales sensed their surroundings, hunted, and moved through the water.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Aug. 2025
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Like detectives reconstructing a crime scene or archaeologists inferring the entire shape of a pot from a minimal number of fragments, scholars of historical linguistics figure out the earlier forms that must have given rise to words in many different languages and connect the dots between them.—
Martha Barnette
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Apple’s repair staff in the European Union were required to complete training for the tech by the end of last week, suggesting some markets may be about to move over.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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Another shopper mentioned using one as a magnetic flashlight during car repairs, snapping to metal on the car’s chassis for hands-free illumination right where it’s needed.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Trump and his hogmen are co-opting actual Nazi lingo from the gutter of the internet, speaking in references only Fox News viewers and Q-Anon adherents can parse, and rehabilitating the r-word as some sort of edgy pose that the rest of us learned was cruel in middle school.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Among them was Simon Walsh, owner of Nature Island Dive, who opened his shop more than three decades ago and is now pioneering new ways of rehabilitating coral infected by waterborne diseases.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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These pinwheels have all the fixings found with your typical buffalo chicken dip but with the ease of a handheld vessel.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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Many entry-level tasks have become automatable—documentation, bug fixing, testing—undermining the value proposition of junior hires.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The company is also restoring the original winding staircase just inside the front entrance with gold rails on the side.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The move irked Republicans in Congress who, in July, moved to ban restoring any Confederate names in this year's defense authorization bill.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The parallel imagination engine of QML functions by projecting features into complex multidimensional quantum spaces, which enables 2D sketch reconstruction into 3D and beyond.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In Lebanon, new political players are becoming more confident in discussing economic cooperation and cross-border stability, while Syria’s new leadership has refrained from anti-Israel rhetoric and focused instead on reconstruction and international reintegration.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Rebuilding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuilding. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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