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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
The drama reconstructs the events surrounding the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab in January 2024.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Advanced decoding systems then reconstruct the original data, allowing information sent from distances comparable to Mars to be received with remarkable accuracy.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Marking 30 years since the killing of San Sebastián deputy mayor and People’s Party councillor Gregorio Ordóñez, the doc reconstructs the events of January 1995 and the subsequent mobilization against ETA.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
The National Avenue project involves reconstructing the street from South First to South 39th streets from 2026 through 2028.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Advanced decoding systems then reconstruct the original data, allowing information sent from distances comparable to Mars to be received with remarkable accuracy.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Marking 30 years since the killing of San Sebastián deputy mayor and People’s Party councillor Gregorio Ordóñez, the doc reconstructs the events of January 1995 and the subsequent mobilization against ETA.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
The National Avenue project involves reconstructing the street from South First to South 39th streets from 2026 through 2028.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Magdalene Serenity House received inquiries from 190 women seeking a safe place to heal, recover and rebuild in 2024 with 117 meeting the group's eligibility requirements, organizers say.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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Harry was eager to show them both that the family bond is still there and that it could be rebuilt, particularly for the children’s sake.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
27 Sep. 2025
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His pushback against an effort to overhaul capital requirements earned him praise from Washington allies of the banking industry, which despised that proposal.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic recently looked into the impact of overhauling playing squads on performance and found that generally, the best-performing teams maintain a stronger spine of players from the previous season.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Swift recreated a similar visual of her submerged in a bathtub wearing a sequined corset.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Chris Oddy, the production designer, meticulously recreated the hut on the stage down to matching floorboards with similar blemishes in similar places to have this seamless match.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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Blackwell and his team got to work rehabilitating the declining species native to Mexico.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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For the show’s first season, the plan is to rehabilitate the life of two-time heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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In October 2011, during the peak of Glee, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk debuted a horror series that eventually broke ground as the first anthology to reinvent itself each season with a brand-new story, setting, and characters played by (mostly) familiar faces.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Since retiring from the NFL in 2020, former Pro Bowler and Superbowl winner Davis has reinvented himself as an actor and producer, with a growing list of film and TV credits.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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Whether Thompson can repeat last year’s excellence remains to be seen, and for now, the model is cautious, rating him as the league’s 15th-best goalie.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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His message to Dodger teammates was utilize every opportunity, like the chance to repeat as World Series winners for the first time since the Yanks won three in a row from 1998-2000.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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According to the runway show's website, this year's event centered on reimagining a classic French motto.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Filming has quietly wrapped in Wales, UK, on Gareth Evans‘ (The Raid franchise) under-the-radar new feature A Colt Is My Passport, the Amazon MGM Studios/Orion Pictures reimagining of Nikkatsu’s 1960s Yakuza hitman thriller.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Reconstruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstruct. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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