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as in rebuilding
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-creating
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 reconstructing
Megalodon’s Body Was Built For Dominance The most immediate problem in reconstructing the megalodon is that sharks are cartilaginous fish, which means that their skeletons are made of cartilage, not bone, which rarely survives fossilization.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
But the classic way of doing this involves an optical component that rotates within a camera, taking separate measurements of multiple parameters before reconstructing the full image.
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IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
In other words, to view a Shih piece is to collaborate with the artist on reconstructing or, in some cases, reclaiming an understanding of place and self.
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Stephanie Shih
june 17,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
17 June 2026
When reconstructing the Inquisition trial of a sixteenth-century northern Italian miller, historian Carlo Ginzburg encountered a line that would eventually inspire the title of his paradigm-shifting study The Cheese and the Worms.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
The cancer treatment included doctors removing his bladder and reconstructing a new one using part of his intestine.
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Armando Salguero,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
His reporting in Kentucky exposed the inner workings of power, from revealing a House GOP leader’s ties to a gaming company during a legislative fight to reconstructing how a $125 million public project was fast-tracked with little transparency.
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Dana Banker,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
One is Curodont, a liquid that dentists apply to a problem spot that attracts calcium and phosphate from saliva, reconstructing tooth enamel.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
But the classic way of doing this involves an optical component that rotates within a camera, taking separate measurements of multiple parameters before reconstructing the full image.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
In other words, to view a Shih piece is to collaborate with the artist on reconstructing or, in some cases, reclaiming an understanding of place and self.
—
Stephanie Shih
june 17,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 June 2026
When reconstructing the Inquisition trial of a sixteenth-century northern Italian miller, historian Carlo Ginzburg encountered a line that would eventually inspire the title of his paradigm-shifting study The Cheese and the Worms.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
The cancer treatment included doctors removing his bladder and reconstructing a new one using part of his intestine.
—
Armando Salguero,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
His reporting in Kentucky exposed the inner workings of power, from revealing a House GOP leader’s ties to a gaming company during a legislative fight to reconstructing how a $125 million public project was fast-tracked with little transparency.
—
Dana Banker,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
One is Curodont, a liquid that dentists apply to a problem spot that attracts calcium and phosphate from saliva, reconstructing tooth enamel.
—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructing
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After spending the past few seasons in rebuilding purgatory, the Utah Jazz are poised to get back into the NBA playoff mix in 2026-27.
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The good thing about morphing from a rebuilding team to a contender is the games carry much more meaning.
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She’s beloved as evidenced by her fans recreating her songs on TikTok.
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In 2020, Ramírez reunited with Jon Heder for a Burger King commercial, recreating their iconic cafeteria scene to promote BK's cheesy tots.
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Improving your cholesterol doesn't have to mean overhauling your diet.
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At Wednesday’s press conference, Warsh unveiled a series of task forces around overhauling the Fed’s communications, balance sheet, and inflation frameworks, to name a few.
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The startups reinventing healthcare may emerge near world-class medical centers and research universities spread across the country.
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This summer, nail artists are reinventing the aura manicure with creative chrome touches, from 24-karat gold tips to mermaid-like layers of shimmer.
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The funding was also used to improve transportation access by adding bikeways, repairing sidewalks and upgrading transit signal priority infrastructure.
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The Lowelifes Respectable Citizens’ Club, a trail maintenance crew, is repairing it and hopes to have it online soon.
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Already on Friday, some Labour MPs were repeating their calls for Starmer to step down even though Burnham himself shied away from explicitly referencing his leadership ambitions.
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We’re obsessed with the Good American Fourth of July edit and Free People’s spin on soccer jerseys (catch is outfit repeating in this Match Day USA Jersey all summer long).
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Fifty years later the beloved landmark was empty and ripe for reimagining.
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The series effectively elevated the character beyond being viewed simply as Superman’s female counterpart, reimagining her as a more emotionally complex and world-weary hero still grappling with the trauma of Krypton’s destruction.
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The sheriff's office reopened portions of the investigation roughly three years ago, reviewing thousands of case files and conducting interviews with Mansfield with assistance from federal and state authorities.
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After he was informed of the student’s death, Finkelstein did not change his practice of signing and approving the cardiovascular test results without meaningfully reviewing them, federal authorities said.
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“Reconstructing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstructing. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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