REEDIFYING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

reedifying

verb

present participle of reedify, British

as in rebuilding

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As for rebuilding America’s shipbuilding capability, the idea is to effectively reindustrialize rather than rely on imports of ships and hardware from abroad.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026
An assessment last year by the World Bank said rebuilding Syria is expected to cost about $216 billion.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026

Definition of rebuilding

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Instead of stopping there, the model reportedly built its own computer vision pipeline to extract geometry from the image’s raw pixels before reconstructing the part.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Hugging Face said its security team and AI agents detected and stopped the intrusion, then began containing the breach and reconstructing what happened.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

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Their competitors spend those same years retrofitting and playing catch-up while early movers capture new markets.

— Shiv Kaushik, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
But manufacturers already producing turbines for other uses are retrofitting now to produce wind energy, even if less efficiently.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

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The first stage focuses on meeting school community members, the second involves building an academics strategy, the third revolves around operations and finance and the final stage brings those steps together.

— Austin Horn July 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
For several candidates, those visions involve building out transit networks within Jackson County in order to connect the cities and towns scattered east of Kansas City.

— Ilana Arougheti July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of building

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From female directors making up 18-19 percent of film production to more than 30 percent.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
In 2021, Atrium’s presentation to the city and counted said a majority of the units would be for those making up to 50% AMI.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

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