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as in to rebuild
to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed
After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up.
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as in to recreate
to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened
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Recent Examples of reconstruct
Jourdan’s colleagues tracked down and reconstructed the exact make and model of radio used by Earhart and the Itasca vessel, which was waiting for the pilot off the shores of Howland Island.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Oaklawn Avenue Bridge, which was just reconstructed for the I-77 north expansion, may be partially demolished and rebuilt.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
The Perfect Neighbor reconstructs the events leading up to and immediately following the shooting, largely via police body camera footage.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Stable isotope analyses have revolutionized how paleoecologists reconstruct the diets of many ancient organisms.
—Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Oaklawn Avenue Bridge, which was just reconstructed for the I-77 north expansion, may be partially demolished and rebuilt.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
The Perfect Neighbor reconstructs the events leading up to and immediately following the shooting, largely via police body camera footage.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Stable isotope analyses have revolutionized how paleoecologists reconstruct the diets of many ancient organisms.
—Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruct
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The eventual compromise saw the government move his house, brick-by-brick, and rebuild it in the opposite river bank.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Exterior walls of the tunnel are being rebuilt to fix drainage issues.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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What To Know ICE leaders in these cities were relieved of their jobs and moved to other posts within the federal agency on Friday, with the DHS quietly beginning to overhaul its mass deportation operation over the weekend.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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The State Building Commission will take up the first steps toward overhauling the state's prisons this week.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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While Russians understand that such substitutes are not the genuine articles, many have seen efforts to recreate sporting and cultural events as a patriotic effort to rekindle Russia's Soviet-era, which Russian President Vladimir Putin frequently references with nostalgia.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Certainly not Niecy Nash and her wife, Jessica Betts, who recreated Rihanna and Rocky's look for All Hallows' Eve 2022.—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Putin created the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives four years later, which finances exhibitions, festivals, and art that rehabilitate Moscow’s image both at home and abroad.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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The ideal of the Achillean warrior lives on as a touchstone for anyone attempting to understand or reinvent military culture.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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In any event, this is your permission to reinvent, reimagine and take up space unapologetically.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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North Korean officials had told them that Megumi died in 1994 from suicide, a claim repeated by her daughter.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The New York Yankees failed to repeat as American League champions this year.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Italian fashion house reimagined the timeless silhouette popularized in the 1950s with a high-shine gold coin detail and an embossed logo on the tongue.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Fueled by Cold War rivalry and boundless optimism, engineers and scientists reimagined everything (from cars and planes to construction and warfare) through the lens of nuclear power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Reconstruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstruct. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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