1
as in rebuilt
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 re-created
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 reconstructed
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
Getting the balance right required the team to construct an entire internal grammar for the device – rules about camera movement, visual effects, and crucially, what characters entering a reconstructed scene could see, do and interact with.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Now called The Bell, the 32-floor building includes reconstructed offices, a health club with a cold plunge, several tenant lounges and bars, pickleball courts, a rooftop deck and Solette, a ground-floor casual restaurant.
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Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
While Carver was born on the farm near the end of the Civil War, visitors today can see a reconstructed cabin marking his birthplace.
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Usa Today Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Hilton, a semi-reconstructed Tory, made his name as the head of strategy to David Cameron, the man who strategized his way to Brexit.
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Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Da Mosto’s team is researching ways to increase biodiversity on the reconstructed marshes, including planting species that can help reduce erosion and make the wetlands more resilient.
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ABC News,
30 May 2026
Cheery and exotic, the main structure is an approximately 200-year-old reconstructed Vietnamese town hall with an abundance of cozy lounge seating.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
This inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests may lead to issues such as authentication bypass when the authentication depends on the reconstructed URL’s path.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
To determine what causes an earthquake to travel through the Cajon Pass, the team reconstructed the last 1,000 years of seismic activity along the two faults, tracking how stress accumulated and released.
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Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Following the discovery of two victims just outside the city, the collaboration reconstructed one of the men’s last moments in the form of a highly cinematic video.
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Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
18 June 2026
The book reconstructed the trial of a 16th-century Friulian miller accused of holding unorthodox beliefs about the origins of the world and Jesus Christ.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Because the system remained sealed from its surroundings, scientists reconstructed the sequence of events using only changes occurring within the mini-universe.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
This work was performed on the tobacco virus, which could then be reconstructed from those parts to produce a material as capable of causing disease as the intact virus.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
After being dismantled and reconstructed at a different location, the new structure was fully functional and met all the requirements.
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Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 June 2026
Parking lot changes One corner of the building would need to be reconstructed to add shipping docks, and up to 25 delivery trucks are kept on site.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
Adjective
The two-acre campus is structured around a reconstructed bluff on the Mississippi River, known locally as the promenade.
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Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
Getting the balance right required the team to construct an entire internal grammar for the device – rules about camera movement, visual effects, and crucially, what characters entering a reconstructed scene could see, do and interact with.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Now called The Bell, the 32-floor building includes reconstructed offices, a health club with a cold plunge, several tenant lounges and bars, pickleball courts, a rooftop deck and Solette, a ground-floor casual restaurant.
—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
While Carver was born on the farm near the end of the Civil War, visitors today can see a reconstructed cabin marking his birthplace.
—
Usa Today Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Hilton, a semi-reconstructed Tory, made his name as the head of strategy to David Cameron, the man who strategized his way to Brexit.
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Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Da Mosto’s team is researching ways to increase biodiversity on the reconstructed marshes, including planting species that can help reduce erosion and make the wetlands more resilient.
—
ABC News,
30 May 2026
Cheery and exotic, the main structure is an approximately 200-year-old reconstructed Vietnamese town hall with an abundance of cozy lounge seating.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
This inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests may lead to issues such as authentication bypass when the authentication depends on the reconstructed URL’s path.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
Verb
All seven bridges along the trail were replaced, a new boardwalk was added near the lake, and crews reconstructed large sections of trail damaged by debris flows and flooding.
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Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
To determine what causes an earthquake to travel through the Cajon Pass, the team reconstructed the last 1,000 years of seismic activity along the two faults, tracking how stress accumulated and released.
—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Following the discovery of two victims just outside the city, the collaboration reconstructed one of the men’s last moments in the form of a highly cinematic video.
—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
18 June 2026
The book reconstructed the trial of a 16th-century Friulian miller accused of holding unorthodox beliefs about the origins of the world and Jesus Christ.
—
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Because the system remained sealed from its surroundings, scientists reconstructed the sequence of events using only changes occurring within the mini-universe.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
This work was performed on the tobacco virus, which could then be reconstructed from those parts to produce a material as capable of causing disease as the intact virus.
—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
After being dismantled and reconstructed at a different location, the new structure was fully functional and met all the requirements.
—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 June 2026
Parking lot changes One corner of the building would need to be reconstructed to add shipping docks, and up to 25 delivery trucks are kept on site.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructed
Adjective
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After a fracture, the body moves through overlapping stages of repair that include inflammation, formation of new tissue and, later, remodeling of the repaired area.
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To help prevent future settling, monitor the area weekly and add 1/2 inch or less of your soil mix as a top dressing to the repaired area.
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But Second City also refers to a second, or new city that locals quickly rebuilt after the Chicago Fire of 1871, which killed three hundred and left 100,000 homeless.
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Beneath their hard surface, your bones are alive with activity, continuously being broken down, rebuilt and reshaped.
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Elsewhere, this same motif is re-created from plaster casts of marine rope alternating with teak inserts.
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This reportedly recreated the pion’s internal structure in remarkable detail.
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But over the years, the two mended fences.
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Couple that with the hiring of coach Paul Maurice who overhauled the Panthers’ system to make a high-flying Panthers team more defensively responsible, and Florida was on its way to becoming perennial contenders.
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Like Hoyer, White Sox GM Chris Getz also overhauled his ’pen after 2025, signing Seranthony Domínguez to a two-year, $20 million deal, acquiring Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox, along with Sandlin, and signing veteran lefty Sean Newcomb.
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While not commenting directly on a report indicating that Nancy Guthrie had died, the Today co-anchor tearfully repeated her plea for anyone with information to come forward.
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The first heat advisory of the summer was issued on June 15 and repeated daily through the 21st.
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Several patched sections of sidewalk remain near the stumps.
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The nation has expanded, struggled, adapted and reinvented itself.
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Lit Hub Craft How Barry Windsor-Smith reinvented Marvel’s Wolverine through visual storytelling.
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“Reconstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstructed. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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