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
  • The modular shaping magnets can be adjusted in strength and replaced individually to account for variations during assembly, as well as wear and tear during operation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But fear not, the Lucky Bags, which Wood says people continue to want variations of, will not be going anywhere.
    — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 3 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
  • 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
  • Archaeological evidence clearly shows that since large permanent settlements began to appear nearly ten millennia ago, most buildings simply outlived any one particular purpose, gradually accumulating alterations and new uses over time.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 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
Definition of adjustments
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