reconstituting

verb

present participle of reconstitute
as in overhauling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstituting
  1. overhauling
  2. redesigning
  3. remaking
  4. rehabilitating
  5. renovating
  6. refurbishing
  7. remodeling
  8. restoring
Verb
  • According to Architectural Digest, individual vintage nightstands, upholstered chairs, wood furniture, lighting and storage pieces can be added without overhauling a space.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Framatome spent four years overhauling its Richland plant to handle the material safely.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of overhauling
Verb
  • Nightstands, upholstered chairs and wood furniture can be added without redesigning an entire space, and vintage lighting or storage pieces work the same way.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Its architecture allows engineers to change mission equipment without redesigning the entire aircraft.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of redesigning
Verb
  • The war also gave new force to two powerful ideological movements, Soviet Communism and European Fascism, both of which seemed hellbent on destabilizing, then remaking, the global order.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Surging fuel prices driven by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are remaking global politics.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of remaking
Verb
  • If approved, the money would go towards building, rehabilitating and purchasing more affordable homes.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Now, the emerging understanding that transposons are intimately interwoven within the regulatory workings of the host genome is rehabilitating their reputation as critical sources of evolutionary innovation.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of rehabilitating
Verb
  • At Sacramento City College, the project list includes building or renovating facilities for music, theater and physical fitness, among other things.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • As part of the arrangement, the elder Ryan agreed to cover the lion’s share of the differences in building a new stadium, originally priced at $830 million, from the $300 million the university planned to spend on renovating the older one.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of renovating
Verb
  • The resort is also refurbishing its food and beverage outlets along with new TVs.
    — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Maybourne would buy the hotel portion of the Pierre and pour hundreds of millions of dollars into refurbishing the building.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of refurbishing
Verb
  • Throughout the program’s 11 years, students have worked on four houses, remodeling two and building two from scratch in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Typically, McDonald's chips in some support for franchisees who are remodeling their restaurants.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of remodeling
Verb
  • DeStefano kicked into a quasi-rock groove on acoustic guitar, and the guys launched into a chorus about shaking off uncontrollable hassles and restoring positivity.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The two presidential candidates offer different solutions for restoring credibility.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of restoring
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