reconstruction

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Recent Examples of reconstruction For example, a major campaign of more than $1 million that IDOT awarded to Danielle Ashley Group involved the $1 billion reconstruction of the Dan Ryan Expressway in 2005. Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 Trails wind through the gardens, a 5-acre prairie reconstruction and 55-acre nature preserve. Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 9 Apr. 2026 Iran can start the reconstruction process. Nik Popli, Time, 7 Apr. 2026 The Meridian Police Department’s crash reconstruction team is investigating the incident. Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruction
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Noun
  • Ask about complication and infection rates, and how often patients require readmission or revision surgery.
    Mathias P. Bostrom, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Georgia lost about 4,200 jobs in February, marking the second straight month of job declines after revisions to earlier data.
    CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • To investigate, the researchers combined spectroscopy experiments with simulations to track how energy flows through the material.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In order to measure AI’s tendency to give responses aligning with trends rather than logic, researchers tested seven models, including GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, across 15,000 simulations and scenarios.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The villa is also reportedly in ruins and unsellable, and would require a great deal of remodeling to be habitable.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The goal is not to remodel for the sake of remodeling.
    Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Their gauzy re-creation of lower Manhattan in the 1990s — with the piles of trash that actually lined the streets at the time carefully removed — is dreamy and likely to stir nostalgic thoughts about Sex and the City, Felicity, and even Eyes Wide Shut.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The show has drawn praise for its meticulous re-creation of ‘90s New York — and also scorn from members of the Kennedy family and mixed reactions from others who knew the couple.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The history of religion, with its thousands of schisms and reformations, is full of pilgrims who, rather than discard their relationship with their sacred text, have found purpose, clarity, and community through defiance.
    Séamas O'Reilly, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Call it a hush puppy reformation, and the results are heavenly: crisp orbs with a surge of rich corn flavor and just a hint of jalapeño heat.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Each of the Ferrari 296 Speciale miniatures are priced at $19,995, while a bespoke Ferrari model that’s an exact replica of your own will start at $27,995.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The entire logic of the exhibition—with science and art, fresh names and familiar ones, lumped together—is here in miniature.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Yet as public-sector budgets come under fiscal pressure the world over, festivals in any place of the world are seeking an industrial reconversion from one-off events to year-round hubs enrolling their brands – and Clermont Ferrand’s is very large – to amplify their value.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 30 May 2025
  • Maenza and Haider met for the first time in person at a reception following an ecumenical prayer service lamenting the reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 July 2021
Noun
  • The bench may also require reworking, even if guards Jamari McDowell and Elmarko Jackson return, which is not a slam-dunk guarantee.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The contract fight is taking shape amid a reworking of the CBS News brand under the leadership of editor-in-chief Barri Weiss, who arrived in October.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026

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“Reconstruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstruction. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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