RECONSTRUCTION Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

reconstruction

noun

Definition of reconstruction

as in revision

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as in simulation

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Recent Examples of reconstruction Today, Olde Naples Hotel rises beside its historic predecessor as a new-build interpretation rather than a reconstruction. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 Procedures could directly involve bone, facial anatomy, anesthesia, and comprehensive reconstruction. — Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026 The wall is also fragile and cannot be completely preserved, so archaeologists will use modern technology to create a 3D reconstruction for further study. — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 The revolutionary ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction allowed John to win an additional 164 games, more than half of his career total of 288 victories. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruction

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Noun

Months later, a report found the state hadn't complied with its own lethal injection process since its revision in 2018, resulting in executions being conducted without proper testing of the drugs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Earnings growth across the sector could see meaningful upward revisions as incremental data-center contracts are signed, and tightening power-market fundamentals drive upside to consensus estimates.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of revision

Noun

One of the most demanding tests was a long-endurance mission simulation covering 420 nautical miles.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
An international project called the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project, or ISMIP6, has built a large archive of Antarctic simulations showing how the ice responds under different circumstances.

— Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of simulation

Noun

That combination of emotional attachment and financial incentive is driving demand for aging in place remodeling that makes an existing home work for the long run.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Nor did the opportunity to be first in line to buy a customized apartment at the Pierre after all the years of remodeling were over.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of remodeling

Noun

Well, not the actual bathroom, but a re-creation of the bathroom set from the Confessions II film, but this time with Charli XCX emerging from one of the stalls with a cigarette in hand.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
There’s the largest assemblage of Lichtenstein mirror works ever installed together in a museum context, and a complete re-creation of his first Pop art show at Leo Castelli’s gallery uptown.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of re-creation

Noun

But this begs the parallel question of what the current museum architecture arises from and reflects, and why the oceanic and the oligarchic logics of the museum’s reformation now travel together here.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Years after his dad’s reformation, Jonah sits on a bench at the Broncos’ practice facility in Dove Valley, gazing out at the green expanse of his future.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026

Definition of reformation

Noun

Rhode has continued to expand its cheek category, with a recent collaboration with Alexandra Leclerc to create Pocket Pearl, a miniature, reflective riff on the original formula.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026
Trader Joe’s is also loaded up with all things miniature this year.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of miniature

Noun

Yet the reconversion into a mosque preserved much of the Crusader church, and the majority of the nave and the western portal were still visible in modern times.

— Stephennie Mulder, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2024
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

Definition of reconversion

Noun

But hope is not lost in Shelley’s reworking of the bleak vision of postapocalypse as terminal and total extermination of life.

— Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
But it was closely followed by the reveal of a reworking of what is currently known as Journey Into Imagination With Figment at Epcot.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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