as in to repair
to put into good shape or working order again
asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm
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Recent Examples of recondition
Their cleaning process involved a water and vinegar soak followed by reconditioning with Bickmore Bick 4, a leather conditioner.
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The other noteworthy change to All In, All Covered is that the Axiom helmets must be reconditioned every two years.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately, many wind up being reconditioned to some degree and sold to unsuspecting consumers.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Trains roll into the facilities, where they are disassembled, reconditioned to near-factory specifications, and then sent back out into a railroad that functions as New York’s vascular system, pumping more than a billion riders across 345 million miles each year, 24 hours a day, every day.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The other noteworthy change to All In, All Covered is that the Axiom helmets must be reconditioned every two years.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately, many wind up being reconditioned to some degree and sold to unsuspecting consumers.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Trains roll into the facilities, where they are disassembled, reconditioned to near-factory specifications, and then sent back out into a railroad that functions as New York’s vascular system, pumping more than a billion riders across 345 million miles each year, 24 hours a day, every day.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recondition
Verb
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As the body attempts to repair this damage, the healing process may not be complete or smooth, resulting in scars.—
Katlein Franca,
Health,
8 Sep. 2025
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After winning the High-A Northwest League pitcher of the year award last year with High-A Spokane, Sullivan underwent surgery to repair the labrum in his right hip.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Trust can be rebuilt through consistent effort.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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What was perhaps most catastrophic to some was governmental agencies’ failure to adequately and equitably help citizens recover and rebuild.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Showrunner’s endeavor will deploy a fusion of AI and traditional film techniques to reconstruct the lost footage.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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For her latest film, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has sourced the entire call and treated it with respect, horror, and grief, affording it space to play out in in full without attempts to visualize, animate, or reconstruct what is happening on the ground for Hind.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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Players like Lauren Hemp, Greenwood, Vivianne Miedema and Bunny Shaw returning from injury (the former three all featured at the Euros) should go a long way towards fixing their form.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The only way to fix etching is by buffing the scratches out.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Recondition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recondition. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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