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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
Serialization is a coding process that translates data structures and object states into formats that can be stored or transmitted and then reconstructed later.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
Using almost exclusively English-language sources plus interviews (including with Empress Farah, who is still living), Anderson reconstructs the bumblings that upended Iran.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
To not start with some sort of prior reality in which all stuff exists, but rather reconstruct the history of the universe from within, so to speak.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2025
Archaeologists are used to reconstructing now-invisible phenomena like climate.
—Raven Garvey, Space.com, 24 July 2025
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
Using almost exclusively English-language sources plus interviews (including with Empress Farah, who is still living), Anderson reconstructs the bumblings that upended Iran.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
To not start with some sort of prior reality in which all stuff exists, but rather reconstruct the history of the universe from within, so to speak.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2025
Archaeologists are used to reconstructing now-invisible phenomena like climate.
—Raven Garvey, Space.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruct
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Yedioth Ahronoth cited intelligence findings that Beijing may be helping Tehran rebuild missile capabilities damaged in the recent June war.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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The 50-acre water park in Federal Heights will close Calypso Cove on Monday, Aug. 25, and rebuild it for future seasons.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
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Trump also has overhauled the Oval Office with gold trimmings, put 88-foot-tall flagpoles on the north and south lawn of the White House and is working on a bathroom in the Lincoln Bedroom.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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Businesses and governments don’t need to overhaul everything overnight.—
Maeson Maherry,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The sheer scope of re-creating Paris in the 1700s for one episode is not lost on Mastrantonio and Pegoretti.—
Carita Rizzo,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
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Participants receive boxes of fresh produce and poultry to re-create recipes at home, enough to last Watson for days.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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The new diverging diamond interchange proposed in Waukesha County to rehabilitate one of the oldest interchanges on the Interstate 94 system is estimated to cost about $7.9 million, officials say.—
Liliana Fannin,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The bears were brought to the Wildlife Center, which is one of three centers licensed to rehabilitate wild black bears in the state, to receive medical treatment and diagnosis, Thompson said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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This was almost a decade before Marciano would reinvent himself in 2010 with the seminal record Marcberg.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
8 Aug. 2025
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Community colleges occupy a similar space: quietly reinventing how education aligns with workforce evolution.—
Alex Goryachev,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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And for another, the commercial spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk has struggled this year to repeat the successes of previous Starship test flights.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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That repeated against Inter in April, when Bayern’s shaky defence was exposed across both legs of their Champions League quarter-final by the late second goal conceded at home and the two from corners in the second.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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The historic boardwalk has been completely reimagined and rivals the coolest street in Brooklyn.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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There’s also a newly mixed and reimagined version of their 1972 album Sometime in New York City.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Reconstruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstruct. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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