reconstructs

present tense third-person singular of reconstruct
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Recent Examples of reconstructs Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, a fierce OpenAI competitor, is the bad guy of The Social Reckoning, opening October 9, which reconstructs the 2021 showdown between Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) and whistleblower Frances Haugen (Oscar-winner Mikey Madison). — Philip Shenon, Air Mail, 19 Sep. 2026 The redesign is taking place while the MTA reconstructs the Grand Central Train Shed, which is directly below the stretch of Park Avenue that'll be part of the redesign. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 Meyer reconstructs the bureaucratic and financial machinery behind the rescues, one of his book’s genuinely valuable contributions. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 The next redesign then reconstructs the experience from appearances rather than from what the organization has learned. — Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Using black box recordings, passenger videos, and onboard surveillance footage, Shipwrecked reconstructs the infamous disaster. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026 Sophisticated error-correction software reconstructs the original message as many photons are lost. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026 Combining reflections with love letters with poetry, this strange amalgam reconstructs the author’s days as a college champ. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructs
Verb
  • Neither strategy does much to restore Brazil’s credibility because neither rebuilds the capacity on which that credibility rests.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The film follows a boy who rebuilds his late mother from her texts, voice, and diary, and what wakes up never gives an order.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Readers follow the perspective of a curator who recreates scenes for historical reenactments.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • At the Emmys, Mariska Hargitay recreates Nicole Kidman’s legendary AMC commercial.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The legislation overhauls several federal housing programs and streamlines environmental review processes for housing.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The bill overhauls the way presidents are chosen, replacing direct popular elections with selection by lawmakers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Little Debbie fans can now savor the brand's beloved flavors in new candy bars as the company reinvents classic treats in collaboration with a chocolate maker.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Her new novel reinvents the Western crime novel, wrapping together stories from 2024, 2003 and 1902, with characters ping-ponging off each other, surprises at every turn.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • BlackRock's iShares research notes that bonds reemerged in their traditional ballast role in 2025, which partially rehabilitates the 60/40 framework after its 2022 stress.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The center rescues and rehabilitates orphaned and injured wildlife with the goal of maintaining minimal human contact and releasing animals back to the wild after care.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 12 July 2026
Verb
  • For the Sk8-Hi, the upper’s medial side hosts both the full Dodgers script and the LA logo, the latter of which repeats at the top of the heel.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat celebrates Hughes with a work on paper that repeats the writer's name to spread awareness of his work.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • At a press conference, school board member Frank Martin read excerpts from the novel out loud, focusing on a passage where one of Vonnegut’s characters, Kilgore Trout, reimagines the story of Christ’s crucifixion.
    — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
  • At Mish Delicatessen on La Brea Avenue, chef Eric Greenspan reimagines Jewish deli classics with influences spanning North America, the Levant and Europe.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Gómez Vergara’s documentary revisits Chile’s social uprising through a health brigade treating protesters injured by police repression, connecting present violence with dictatorship-era wounds.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Primetime revisits the heyday of To Catch a Predator, the wildly popular Dateline spinoff that aired from 2004 to 2007.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Reconstructs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstructs. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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