reconstruct

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Recent Examples of reconstruct Gein claimed his crimes were driven by a desire to reconstruct his dead mother, Augusta Gein (played by Laurie Metcalf), and was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 Oct. 2025 The Red and Purple Modernization Project is reconstructing infrastructure along those color train lines. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025 After reconstructing the roster over the past four months, with tweaks still ongoing, the Charlotte Hornets are ready for the next chapter. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025 If the biological father wishes to reconstruct his relationship with his biological son, most courts will support him in that desire. Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reconstruct
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruct
Verb
  • At home, Takaichi must rebuild public trust after years of scandal within her party.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Much depends on whether Arab governments are willing to take ownership of Gaza—to manage it, rebuild it, and ensure Hamas or any similar terrorist group can't rise again.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The roster will likely be overhauled as outfielders Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham head toward free agency, with first baseman Paul Goldschmidt at the end of his contract as well.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This year, regulators overhauled a gas pipeline replacement program in the state.
    NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its artwork, meanwhile, sees its author posing in a swarm of paparazzi and was recreated for the poster of Williams’ recent biopic, Better Man.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Rhoden and her colleagues studied how the eccentricity could have changed to recreate what is seen at Mimas today.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The federal push aimed to repair, rehabilitate and replace old iron and steel pipes with new pipelines to improve safety.
    NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Community members at the time cried and mourned as their hopes of rehabilitating and reopening the historic structure were reduced to ashes.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Today’s engineers are reinventing what astronauts wear from the inside out.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
  • From the start the ambition was clear – to bring the myth of Pandora to life by reinventing it as a gripping reality experience that tests human nature.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Roan repeated the phrase, prompting members of the crowd to chant along.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2025
  • That first-quarter mishap wasn’t repeated.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The streaming giant has picked up a series adaptation of the Hasbro board game Clue, reimagined as a competition show.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Cenobites, clearly inspired by leather and BDSM culture, are reimagined here as terrifyingly fashionable beings who feel truly alien — an aesthetic praised for its verisimilitude to Clive Barker’s original vision.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025

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