REEDIFYING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

reedifying

verb

present participle of reedify, British

as in rebuilding

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While players, managers and front-office executives came and went over nearly 60 years, Anixter remained a constant, witnessing everything from rebuilding seasons to the franchise-ending 2016 World Series championship.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Around the same time, Middaugh was rebuilding her own life after relocating across the country for a relationship that eventually ended.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

Definition of rebuilding

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In a similar vein, Forensic Architecture applies 3-D modeling and surveillance tools in reconstructing the assassination of Pavlos Fyssas, an anti-fascist rapper murdered by the Greek far-right Golden Dawn organization in 2013.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
The comprehensive renovation included reconstructing all greens and tees, reshaping fairways, modernizing bunkers, and upgrading irrigation systems.

— Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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Plans involve clearing or retrofitting the 15 soundstages on the 22-acre studio campus.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Management is retrofitting amphitheaters from as little as 1% premium capacity toward 25% and designing new arenas with up to 30% premium inventory.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 July 2026

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That includes more than $1 billion to renovate the troubled Rice Street jail and a $300 million commitment to building a new hospital in southern Fulton County.

— Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Yet Alpine’s new architecture has been developed entirely without building expensive prototypes and refining them with any track testing until this point.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2026

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