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reedifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of reedify, British
as in rebuilds

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reedifies
  1. rebuilds
  2. reconstructs
  3. retrofits
  4. builds
Verb
  • Mason McTavish was the biggest exit, John Carlson turned out to be a rental and Jacob Trouba switched California rebuilds.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • True investigations, where somebody sits down and rebuilds a timeline across four systems, are a much smaller subset that almost nobody separates out.
    — Sanjay Gidwani, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of rebuilds
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  • 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
Definition of reconstructs
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  • Where Gravis retrofits machines already on site, Monumental deploys its own fleet from scratch.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Four years later, her company, DB Trucks, buys and builds water trucks, or retrofits trucks that customers own, for uses like construction sites and firefighting.
    — Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Definition of retrofits
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  • Marie painstakingly builds the abbey into a regional power center to which notables must pay their respects.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Consistency builds recognition; nuance builds relevance, because copy-and-paste is a function, not a go-to-market strategy.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of builds
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“Reedifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reedifies. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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