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verb

past tense of reconstruct
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Recent Examples of reconstructed
Adjective
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 The remainder of the site, or around two-thirds of the property, will be demolished and replaced with the music venue and the reconstructed facades. — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 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 In 2024 researchers in Greece conducted a study on the performance of reconstructed sets of Mycenaean armor. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026 Its reconstructed Cryo-Chamber thermal housing channels continuous cooling directly to core hardware. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
Verb
In the paper, the team reconstructed how the collapse of the Hunga volcano unfolded. — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026 What happened—which can be reconstructed from messages that the agents sent one another and from traces of their own internal reasoning, known as chain-of-thought records—makes for gripping reading. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Their defense, which has been slightly reconstructed since last year, is tasked with trying to figure out the Texans, who came up just short against Buffalo in Week 1. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Layouts reconstructed, color systems borrowed, entire screens rebuilt from screenshots. — Lorenzo Alvaro, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 In 2025, after three infusions shrank his tumor from about 5 centimeters to 2, Swan underwent a six-hour Whipple procedure, removing parts of several digestive organs before surgeons reconstructed what remained. — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 15 Sep. 2026 Following severe damage in World War II, the complex was extensively reconstructed in the mid-to-late 20th century. — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 In this minute-by-minute timeline, CNN reconstructed how news of the attacks unfolded. — Kaanita Iyer, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 In a quiet corner of the Javits Center, Fanatics reconstructed Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club at scale. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructed
Adjective
  • 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
  • Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • With the town motel still not having been rebuilt, John stays at Hal’s for the night, where feeding his carnivorous alien plant Earl helps the former hero’s demise truly set in.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The city determined in 2024 that the park was outdated and needed to be completely rebuilt.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • During her pregnancy, Katie recreated the cover of her mom’s iconic 1990 workout video, Pregnancy Plus Workout.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The live performance re-created the music video’s magnetic choreography in one of the night’s most striking tableaux.
    — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 28 Sep. 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
  • All three products are set to showcase Siri AI, Apple’s overhauled AI-powered assistant.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The Senate passed a bill Monday night that aims to regulate college sports after several court cases in recent years dramatically overhauled NCAA rules and allowed student-athletes to earn money from their name, image, and likeness, known as NIL.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The payroll records show repeated two-week pay periods in which Ginestra accumulated between 30 and 60 hours of overtime.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The portion considered chronically homeless — having a disability and long-term or repeated episodes of homelessness of at least a year — has also risen since 2019.
    — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 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
  • Wynwood’s next chapter The billionaire playbook strategy is playing out in a neighborhood that has already been reinvented several times.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Anya Taylor-Joy reinvented dark glamour with her Dior design on Tuesday, attending the French luxury fashion house’s spring 2027 ready-to-wear show during Paris Fashion Week at Bassin de l’Octogone.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Reconstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstructed. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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