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
The ship was raised in 1869, and reconditioned.
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Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Before its sale, the bottle was reconditioned at the distillery; that bespoke label was re-adhered and the cork and capsule of the bottle replaced.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
In addition to underwater hull preservation work, the company’s Southern California shipyard also will recondition the ship’s superstructure, interior fuel and ballast tanks, and refurbish crew living spaces.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Jan. 2026
Drury added that even if a car owner faces finding components that are unique to a model that has been out of production for a long period of time, there are always used or reconditioned parts.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Before its sale, the bottle was reconditioned at the distillery; that bespoke label was re-adhered and the cork and capsule of the bottle replaced.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
In addition to underwater hull preservation work, the company’s Southern California shipyard also will recondition the ship’s superstructure, interior fuel and ballast tanks, and refurbish crew living spaces.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Jan. 2026
Drury added that even if a car owner faces finding components that are unique to a model that has been out of production for a long period of time, there are always used or reconditioned parts.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for recondition
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recondition
Verb
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Curry played in five games after surgery to repair a broken second metacarpal.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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Perhaps repair some divots on a court that took a beating Saturday night.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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That could leave states on the hook for millions of dollars to rebuild roads, schools and other infrastructure after tornadoes, floods and other disasters that do not cause enough widespread damage to meet the new criteria for federal assistance.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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Tehran has touted the strait as a potential revenue stream that could help rebuild the country after destruction caused by American and Israeli strikes.—
Eleni Giokos,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Using this data, Xuan-Min Shao, a researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was able to reconstruct the way the overall current moved during the start of these strikes.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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Frames were digitally reconstructed and the results were seamless.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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The fast growth of legal sports betting has also ushered in a slew of prosecutions against insiders seeking to fix elements of games, such as score margins or results of individual plays.—
Chloe Atkins,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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The law will require grocery stores to keep prices fixed for at least one business day and would ban the use of surveillance data in pricing systems.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Recondition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recondition. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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