reconstruction

noun

Definition of reconstructionnext
1
as in revision

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as in simulation

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Recent Examples of reconstruction While hitting that cadence awaits LC-36A’s reconstruction, the company recently filed a request to expand that to 50 launches per year. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 The event also will highlight perspectives from local Indigenous tribes and provide updates on redevelopment options and potential reconstruction timelines. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The reconstruction was made trickier, however, by the fact that the crew weren’t allowed to take photographs inside Downing Street and there aren’t diagrams online. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Initially seen as provocative, the bra actually serves the purpose of affirming women who have gotten breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy, Grede said. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruction
  1. revision
  2. simulation
  3. remodeling
  4. re-creation
  5. reformation
  6. miniature
  7. reconversion
  8. reworking
Noun
  • The Election Commission says the revision will remove duplicate entries, deceased voters and noncitizens.
    — Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Script is by Laura Kosann with revisions by Ari Berkowitz and Ava Tramer.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of revision
Noun
  • The researchers ran 100,000 simulations using different revenue and discount-rate assumptions, and 85% produced a net loss for the state.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers emphasized that these findings are estimates from a computer simulation, not actual infections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of simulation
Noun
  • While working for the state, records and interviews show, Perera also ran a construction and real estate business, purchasing and remodeling homes.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Melius analysts pin their optimism on the idea that things are set to improve in the existing home market, which is where the demand for repairs and remodeling projects tends to come from.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • 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
  • For Reed, 17 boards were not enough for that miniature Dan Hurley sitting on his shoulder.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Access to materials such as Tough 1500 V2 already expands its usefulness beyond miniatures and decorative prints, opening up functional projects without requiring a professional system.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 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
  • Even its underlying geometry needed reworking before the team could reconstruct its feathers.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Grant started calling him ‘JD Webb’ a playful reworking of his name.
    — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
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