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verb

past tense of reconstruct
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Recent Examples of reconstructed
Adjective
Last year at Comic-Con, Mullins live-sculpted the reconstructed face of the Rancho Bernardo toddler. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026 Data published in 2010 by Newcastle scientists showed that in lab experiments, only a tiny amount of the mother’s mutation-bearing mitochondria — less than 2% — showed up in the reconstructed embryos. — Megan Molteni, STAT, 3 Nov. 2026 The site will boast immersive technology, original artefacts and reconstructed sets to bring the Beatles’ story to life. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 Patrick Mahomes finished the job by scrambling up the middle, simultaneously giving the Chiefs an early lead and quieting some doubts about his reconstructed ACL and LCL. — Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 The reconstructed Florida State offense will be built around QB Ashton Daniels and RB Quintrevion Wisner, both arriving via the portal seeking fresh starts. — Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Bosa seems committed to forging ahead in another ACL comeback, having rebounded well in 2021 with a reconstructed left knee and captured NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2022. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 The reconstructed image preserved many of the storm’s key features. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026 The museum provides context for the archaeological landscape and includes a reconstructed Viking hall, but the enormous grassy burial mounds outside are the main draw. — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Verb
From his emergence in the mid-1950s until his passing in 2018, Taylor not only disassembled jazz and reconstructed it in his own style, but also found ways to make the world listen. — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026 Does limited roster turnover the season following a championship give a team a leg up over others that were reconstructed year over year? — Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026 However, the findings are based on skull anatomy and reconstructed eating mechanics, rather than stomach contents. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026 Lucas, who reconstructed the team after taking over last year, had to scour the portal for more plays this offseason. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Using the fragments from the hornbill’s original beak and a CT scan, ARTIS meticulously reconstructed the original shape. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026 By stringing multiple kill dates of moss samples taken from different spots, scientists reconstructed a map of an advancing ice margin. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026 Marie said Nativo had agreed to let the widow live in the Malibu house, once it was reconstructed. — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The cut was originally reconstructed in 2004 under the supervision of Russell and the film’s editor Michael Bradsell with the collaboration of Mark Kermode and Paul Joyce. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructed
Adjective
  • The traditional lacquer and metal powders used to repair dishes are not certified as food-safe, so repaired items become art or decor.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Veterans Park will see two tennis courts fully rebuilt and its basketball courts replaced.
    — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • After a three-year closure following a fire, owners Don and Eva Lo rebuilt the original building (once a KFC) into a shiny new space.
    — Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Physicists have now recreated this situation in the laboratory, building a three-component quantum system that displays competing magnetic correlations.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The Draken’s maiden voyage took place in 2012, and a crew of 100 rowers successfully recreated the Vikings’ transatlantic crossing from Norway to Newfoundland only four years later.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Punk’s jump to WWE came with a lot of mended fences, and there have been little-to-no significant stories about Punk’s backstage issues in a WWE locker room since his 2023 return.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But over the years, the two mended fences.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Volusia County became the only Florida county to ban declawing in 2022 when commissioners overhauled its animal ordinances.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The case was brought under a federal law that was overhauled and expanded in 2019 by the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act.
    — CBS Minnesota, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • This process is repeated as the car progresses down the track, going from one trigger to the next in line.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Nov. 2026
  • That pattern repeated after the Justice Department announced the preliminary results of the 2025 National Crime Victimization Survey last week.
    — Jacob Sullum, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • From mighty Rice’s whales to the humble rusty patched bumblebee, the 1973 act protects more than 1,600 listed endangered and threatened species and their habitats.
    — Medara Udoekong, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Several patched sections of sidewalk remain near the stumps.
    — Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Brand, ⁠once ‌one of Britain’s most high-profile ‌broadcasters and the ‌former husband of ⁠singer Katy Perry, had denied the accusations, saying the incidents ‌had either ​been ‌consensual, reinvented ⁠or re-imagined.
    — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Here’s what gardeners should know about seeing their everyday uniform reinvented as fashion.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Reconstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstructed. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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