reconstructions

noun

plural of reconstruction
1
as in revisions

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2
as in rehabilitations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructions
  1. revisions
  2. restorations
  3. reformations
  4. reclamations
  5. variations
  6. transitions
  7. alterations
  8. adjustments
Noun
  • The report included upward revisions totaling an extra 84,000 jobs added in August and September, meaning the labor market had been stronger in those months than previously thought.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Friday’s report also showed strong upward revisions to recent jobs data.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of revisions
Noun
  • Recent releases include Otar Iosseliani’s restorations, Kamal Aljafari’s With Hasan in Gaza, Hong Sangsoo’s What Does That Nature Say to You, and Aleksandre Koberidze’s Dry Leaf.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Sundance has announced its first wave of Legacy programming, which will screen restorations of influential films from the festival’s history in a section co-presented by Letterboxd.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of restorations
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
Definition of reformations
Noun
  • Thanks to reclamations like Mary Gabriel’s book Ninth Street Women and retrospectives of their work, Lee and Elaine are better known today as artists than artists’ wives.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Chater, at the time, spearheaded one of the earliest land reclamations along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, which eventually became the city’s Central business district.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of reclamations
Noun
  • Although these patterns cannot be observed directly through telescopes, the variations can be mapped in simulations like Lumina, allowing scientists to investigate how the dynamics of matter may have shaped the early cosmos, Muñoz said.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The team used Argon to generate thousands of variations on practice runs based on real-world camera data.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of variations
Noun
  • As the restaurant transitions to evening, the lighting will adjust to impart the intimacy of a neighborhood supper club, Sieve said.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • When this superfluid transitions into a supersolid is known by observing regularly spaced bright fringes of light emitted from the sample.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of transitions
Noun
  • The store has a tailor shop where customers can pay to have in-house alterations.
    — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Weber has joined state Attorney General Rob Bonta in challenging local election changes in court, including Huntington Beach's voter ID law and Shasta County's Measure B, which proposed significant alterations to voting and ballot counting.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of alterations
Noun
  • Arizona resident Jay Pea, a former software engineer and the founder of the nonprofit Save Standard Time, also wants to put an end to the twice-annual clock adjustments.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But rather than the usual micro-adjustments, the platform’s announcement of Features — allowing creators to upload horizontal videos of up to 90 minutes — heralds a more radical shift.
    — Annie Corser, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
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