reedifying

present participle of reedify, British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reedifying
Verb
  • Their 3-2 defeat of Burnley on Saturday secured back-to-back Premier League victories at home for the first time this calendar year — a small but significant step in rebuilding the connection between team and supporters.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In Houston, homeowners in minority communities damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 were the least likely to receive loans and federal grants for rebuilding.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, that meant reconstructing all those events from scratch and using young actors.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
  • This requires a set of skills to interrogate the past by probing deeply, constructing and reconstructing chronologies, and contemplating counterfactuals in which different decisions might have significantly altered subsequent events.
    John T. Shaw, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The new agreement involves retrofitting 5,000 package cars with air conditioning by June 2027.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Branislav Dimitrijevic, an engineering professor of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, said retrofitting trains to prevent roof access would be expensive.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The initiative is structured around three sequential and mutually reinforcing workstreams that aim to accelerate lowering emissions, boosting efficiency and building long-term resilience.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Institutional integration On top of building out its own services, Ripple also aims to sign deals to lend its XRP Ledger technology to larger institutions' crypto pushes, according to Garlinghouse.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Arteta ended this block of matches before the international break by being adventurous against both Newcastle and West Ham, despite slightly different personnel making up that midfield unit.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Center, and the bourbon bars and distilleries making up Whiskey Row.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Reedifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reedifying. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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