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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
Of course, that meant reconstructing all those events from scratch and using young actors.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
This requires a set of skills to interrogate the past by probing deeply, constructing and reconstructing chronologies, and contemplating counterfactuals in which different decisions might have significantly altered subsequent events.
—John T. Shaw, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
When asked about the allegations that Hezbollah is rearming and reconstructing its command centers, Tilak Pokharel, a UNIFIL spokesperson, told Fox News Digital that UNIFIL operates from Litani river to the Blue Line, a demarcation area that covers 10% of Lebanon’s territory.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Police body cam footage recreates the months that led up to the tragic shooting, reconstructing the tale of a woman who frequently complained about the neighborhood's kids and hurled racial slurs at them before claiming the life of one of their mothers.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
The Red and Purple Modernization Project is reconstructing infrastructure along those color train lines.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
After reconstructing the roster over the past four months, with tweaks still ongoing, the Charlotte Hornets are ready for the next chapter.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
The National Avenue project involves reconstructing the street from South First to South 39th streets from 2026 through 2028.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
This requires a set of skills to interrogate the past by probing deeply, constructing and reconstructing chronologies, and contemplating counterfactuals in which different decisions might have significantly altered subsequent events.
—John T. Shaw, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
When asked about the allegations that Hezbollah is rearming and reconstructing its command centers, Tilak Pokharel, a UNIFIL spokesperson, told Fox News Digital that UNIFIL operates from Litani river to the Blue Line, a demarcation area that covers 10% of Lebanon’s territory.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Police body cam footage recreates the months that led up to the tragic shooting, reconstructing the tale of a woman who frequently complained about the neighborhood's kids and hurled racial slurs at them before claiming the life of one of their mothers.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
The Red and Purple Modernization Project is reconstructing infrastructure along those color train lines.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
After reconstructing the roster over the past four months, with tweaks still ongoing, the Charlotte Hornets are ready for the next chapter.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
The National Avenue project involves reconstructing the street from South First to South 39th streets from 2026 through 2028.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructing
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Their 3-2 defeat of Burnley on Saturday secured back-to-back Premier League victories at home for the first time this calendar year — a small but significant step in rebuilding the connection between team and supporters.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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In Houston, homeowners in minority communities damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 were the least likely to receive loans and federal grants for rebuilding.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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His channel claims a list of accomplishments including raising $20 million to plant 20 million trees, recreating a real life Squid Games, building and giving away 100 homes and even helping 2,000 people walk again.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suggested recreating Gran Colombia – the early 19th Century country that included modern day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama – on multiple occasions over the weekend.—
Alfie Pannell,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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One of Guiducci’s first moves was overhauling the magazine’s Hollywood staff, such as by jettisoning some of the publication’s movie critics.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The best investors for the future of women’s sports see the long-term opportunity—how much room there is to grow, still, by overhauling the way TV coverage, media buying, and a host of other processes work.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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The city is constantly reinventing itself, reshaping its infrastructure and architecture with boldness.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Berg says that Davis also kept reinventing the art form.—
Helena Alonso Paisley,
Miami Herald,
4 Nov. 2025
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Even then, the employees explained that repairing the engine's synchronization issues wouldn't solve its oil burning issue.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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More than 70% the country is without power and officials warn that repairing critical infrastructure could take weeks, if not longer.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Now, two decades later, the cycle appears to be repeating.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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This included repeating racist comments in 2019, insinuating a claim that Blacks are less intelligent than Whites due to genetics.—
Christina Zdanowicz,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Thompson, who both stars in and produces the adaptation, was recognized alongside the women for creating space for women’s voices on and off screen, reimagining how stories are told and who gets to tell them.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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For Baranko, the conversation around AI and energy should be less about limiting consumption and more about reimagining the system to leverage new technologies.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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According to documents obtained by the Star-Telegram, Denton County sheriff’s investigators spent months reviewing police records, jail records, hospital records and surveillance video before determining the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office had no fault.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Court officials have placed pressure on judges to move through their dockets faster, including by reviewing asylum cases without hearings.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Reconstructing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstructing. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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