reconstructing

present participle of reconstruct
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Recent Examples of reconstructing 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 Humans have largely succeeded in digitally reconstructing the Earth in order to ask what the future holds. Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 In living tissue, light scattering is common, signal contrast is often low, and reconstructing intricate features across a large volume presents a significant computational challenge. Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025 Like detectives reconstructing a crime scene or archaeologists inferring the entire shape of a pot from a minimal number of fragments, scholars of historical linguistics figure out the earlier forms that must have given rise to words in many different languages and connect the dots between them. Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025 These data points are critical in reconstructing a timeline of events, particularly in cases where physical witnesses or traditional evidence may be limited. Lars Daniel, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructing
Verb
  • Soros is also an investor in Vice, which has quietly been slightly rebuilding its news output around founder Shane Smith’s podcast.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • With good teams climbing out of holes or sliding into them and rebuilding teams leveling up faster than expected, 2025 feels more up for grabs than any season in recent memory.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But as Sora 2 users began recreating celebrities without consent, OpenAI was forced to act.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And the public gets some wild movies and TV shows that would otherwise never get made, doing crazy-stupid stuff like recreating Napoleonic-era sea battles off the coast of the Galapagos.
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The e-commerce giant is planning to add about 40 next-generation robotics warehouses by the end of 2027 and has already begun overhauling old fulfillment centers, per the report.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Oklahoma has spent the past few years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride about America’s history, with political leaders and legislators working their way through the conservative agenda for overhauling education.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When the series was ordered, Thompson, who normally focuses on films, stepped aside and Carter took over, re-creating his predecessor’s design on a soundstage but elaborating on it with additional rooms that felt refined yet emotionally detached.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Do your first date all over again Married couples often remember their first date, and recreating that experience can be a fun way to celebrate an anniversary.
    Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now working for United Airlines as an avionics technician at Newark Liberty International Airport, repairing plane engines and electrical systems, the 25-year-old has already doubled her investment in the program and makes over six-figures.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Looking ahead, the research team plans to test the new compounds in animal and human studies, in hopes that this could lead to a new approach for slowing or repairing brain degeneration for patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • True inheritance is not just about reinventing the past.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Today’s engineers are reinventing what astronauts wear from the inside out.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pumpkin Chili and Pumpkin Lasagna Roll-Ups turn it into dinner worth repeating.
    The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, Ohtani’s preparing for a chance to clinch the team’s second consecutive NL pennant, the precursor of repeating as World Series champions.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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