as in reconstructs
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 rebuilds
For example, restoring a coastal marsh stores carbon and rebuilds the storm buffer fishing towns depend on.
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Andres Clarens,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
The follicular phase runs from day 6 to day 14, when estrogen rises steadily, energy rebuilds and some research points to a peak cognition window.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Northwestern researchers designed a material that physically builds, dismantles, and rebuilds itself to manage energy.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
What’s new here is the possibility of a compound that actively rebuilds bone by targeting the body’s own cellular machinery.
—
Allison Palmer
june 4,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
Three of the rebuilds worked out well (the Heat won titles after the 2003 and 2010 rebuilds, and UM won a title in 2001) and two of them failed (Heat and Dolphins).
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Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2026
The model that helped launch former Lamborghini engineer Horacio Pagani’s eponymous marque made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 1999 and would only undergo minor changes before the final example rolled off the line 20 years later (though sporadic one-offs and rebuilds occasionally pop up).
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
While the railroad celebrated the reconstruction of the Howard Street Tunnel this past September, the bridge rebuilds spilled over another seven months.
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Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2026
Instead of further destroying the city, the large Chakzilla rebuilds it through the magic of her presence.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
Andres Clarens,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
The follicular phase runs from day 6 to day 14, when estrogen rises steadily, energy rebuilds and some research points to a peak cognition window.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Northwestern researchers designed a material that physically builds, dismantles, and rebuilds itself to manage energy.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
What’s new here is the possibility of a compound that actively rebuilds bone by targeting the body’s own cellular machinery.
—
Allison Palmer
june 4,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
Three of the rebuilds worked out well (the Heat won titles after the 2003 and 2010 rebuilds, and UM won a title in 2001) and two of them failed (Heat and Dolphins).
—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2026
The model that helped launch former Lamborghini engineer Horacio Pagani’s eponymous marque made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 1999 and would only undergo minor changes before the final example rolled off the line 20 years later (though sporadic one-offs and rebuilds occasionally pop up).
—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
While the railroad celebrated the reconstruction of the Howard Street Tunnel this past September, the bridge rebuilds spilled over another seven months.
—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2026
Instead of further destroying the city, the large Chakzilla rebuilds it through the magic of her presence.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuilds
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Sophisticated error-correction software reconstructs the original message as many photons are lost.
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Combining reflections with love letters with poetry, this strange amalgam reconstructs the author’s days as a college champ.
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Chester Leonard rehabilitates wounded bald eagles and other large raptors at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke.
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Berman rehabilitates rabbits that are abandoned, neglected, abused, and in danger of being euthanized.
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What the collection restores is the density and texture that caricature could strip away.
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Moving through your available range of motion repeatedly — rather than holding a stretch — restores that blood flow and primes your joints for the activation exercises that follow.
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“Rebuilds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuilds. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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