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as in rebuilds
to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed
After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up.
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as in re-creates
to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened
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Recent Examples of reconstructs
The Perfect Neighbor reconstructs the events leading up to and immediately following the shooting, largely via police body camera footage.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Written and directed by Pérez Rial, the film reconstructs the exile of Sosa, who was arrested during a 1978 concert in La Plata and later forced to flee Argentina’s dictatorship.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Instead, cells at the site revert to a stem-like state, forming a blastema, a miniature limb-making factory that reconstructs bones, muscles, nerves, and skin with flawless precision.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
The drama reconstructs the events surrounding the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab in January 2024.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
As for Cohen’s next novel, Beautiful Losers, which was set in an apartment in Montreal as a bereaved and lust‑tormented narrator reconstructs his relations with the dead, there was a sharp divide of opinion internally at Viking.
—Paul Slovak
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Using almost exclusively English-language sources plus interviews (including with Empress Farah, who is still living), Anderson reconstructs the bumblings that upended Iran.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Written and directed by Pérez Rial, the film reconstructs the exile of Sosa, who was arrested during a 1978 concert in La Plata and later forced to flee Argentina’s dictatorship.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Instead, cells at the site revert to a stem-like state, forming a blastema, a miniature limb-making factory that reconstructs bones, muscles, nerves, and skin with flawless precision.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
The drama reconstructs the events surrounding the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab in January 2024.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
As for Cohen’s next novel, Beautiful Losers, which was set in an apartment in Montreal as a bereaved and lust‑tormented narrator reconstructs his relations with the dead, there was a sharp divide of opinion internally at Viking.
—Paul Slovak
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Using almost exclusively English-language sources plus interviews (including with Empress Farah, who is still living), Anderson reconstructs the bumblings that upended Iran.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructs
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As Hezbollah rebuilds its forces and Lebanon is accused of failing to enforce the ceasefire terms brokered last year, Israel's defense minister has fired off a warning to Beirut.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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An ideal scenario for the remainder of the year would have the recent choppiness last a bit longer to qualify as a proper scare, skimming the froth off the speculative stuff and resetting expectations in a way that rebuilds investors' capacity to be surprised to the upside.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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In a wordless visual dialogue, the director recreates Poland’s history from the World War I to the present day.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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The film recreates the circumstances that surrounded Hind Rajab’s actual killing in January 2024, in which Red Crescent volunteers struggled to send an ambulance to rescue the child, who was trapped under fire in Gaza.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, the Milwaukee School Board has approved a reading plan proposed by Cassellius that, among many things, overhauls some past approaches to reading instruction.—
Alan J. Borsuk,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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When a celebrity constantly reinvents themselves without a clear sense of purpose or authenticity, audiences start to tune out.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Twelve years later, the hotel still commands relevance in a market that constantly reinvents itself.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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While Madea rehabilitates her co-prisoners, her family on the outside struggles with the usual family issues.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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The appeal also repeats Trumpâs argument that the charges rested on an alleged violation of federal campaign regulations and that Braggâs office should have been barred from trying them, as the feds never did.—
Molly Crane Newman,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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The big idea represented in this study is a pattern that repeats itself over and over in human physiology—tissues adapt themselves to the stresses placed on them.—
Peter Mason,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Women’s outerwear styles include the Spey Wax Jacket, which reimagines Barbour’s classic silhouette in tobacco wax with a brown corduroy collar.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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Gomes, who learned of the craft decades ago from her grandmother, reimagines the limits of this ancient material through sculptural designs.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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The more than 20-piece lineup revisits Calvin Klein’s ‘90s DNA with a modern edge—think darted carpenter jeans with contrast stitching, loose-fitting barrel silhouettes and a mix of puffers, trucker jackets along with the brand’s signature cotton basics like T-shirts, underwear and tank tops.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Oct. 2025
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Based on legal proceedings and real investigations, The Monster of Florence revisits one of Italy’s darkest chapters through the eyes of those accused over the years—the possible monsters—exposing how hysteria and speculation blurred the line between truth and myth.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Reconstructs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstructs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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