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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
Investigators reconstructed her last afternoon from cameras and household data.
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Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Showrunner’s endeavor will deploy a fusion of AI and traditional film techniques to reconstruct the lost footage.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
For her latest film, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has sourced the entire call and treated it with respect, horror, and grief, affording it space to play out in in full without attempts to visualize, animate, or reconstruct what is happening on the ground for Hind.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Using Argonne’s machine learning model PtychoNN, scientists can reconstruct these images from interference patterns in real time – a process that Aurora is expected to accelerate dramatically.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Showrunner’s endeavor will deploy a fusion of AI and traditional film techniques to reconstruct the lost footage.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
For her latest film, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has sourced the entire call and treated it with respect, horror, and grief, affording it space to play out in in full without attempts to visualize, animate, or reconstruct what is happening on the ground for Hind.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Using Argonne’s machine learning model PtychoNN, scientists can reconstruct these images from interference patterns in real time – a process that Aurora is expected to accelerate dramatically.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruct
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Trust can be rebuilt through consistent effort.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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What was perhaps most catastrophic to some was governmental agencies’ failure to adequately and equitably help citizens recover and rebuild.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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Much of the playbook for sports law has been overhauled over the last two decades.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The vote came more than four hours after the House also advanced a first-in-the-nation plan that would overhaul Missouri’s initiative petition process, the state’s most visible form of direct democracy that allows citizens to put measures on the ballot.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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However, the dress has been recreated on several occasions for exhibits.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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For their experiment, Richards and her colleagues recreated conditions on Enceladus in miniature inside a specialized laboratory in Hungary.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lest one forget regulatory tailwinds; the European Union Nature Restoration Law obliges EU member states to rehabilitate 20 percent of degraded ecosystems by 2030.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Sep. 2025
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The true cost of a city destroyed and then saturated by munitions might not be measured in the number of shells fired, dollars spent to rehabilitate, or even lives.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Universities must reinvent their models.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital that Meghan’s family estrangement looms heavily over her, casting a dark shadow on her efforts to reinvent herself as an entrepreneur.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Los Angeles Rams are repeating a costly issue that occurred at the start of the 2024 season.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Weaving is done on a loom, and patterns like twill or houndstooth are made by weaving weft (horizontal) yarns over and under warp (vertical) yarns into specific repeating patterns.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Then there’s Hedda, where Nia DaCosta reimagines Ibsen with Tessa Thompson in the title role.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 12-piece line, featuring colorful plates, cups, candleholders, and a show-stopping spiral vase, reimagines classic Swedish holiday traditions with a fresh, joyful edge.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Reconstruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstruct. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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