REBUILDS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

rebuilds

verb

present tense third-person singular of rebuild

as in reconstructs

to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane.

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Recent Examples of rebuilds For example, restoring a coastal marsh stores carbon and rebuilds the storm buffer fishing towns depend on. — Andres Clarens, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 What’s new here is the possibility of a compound that actively rebuilds bone by targeting the body’s own cellular machinery. — Allison Palmer june 4, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 The follicular phase runs from day 6 to day 14, when estrogen rises steadily, energy rebuilds and some research points to a peak cognition window. — Allison Palmer updated June 13, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026 Northwestern researchers designed a material that physically builds, dismantles, and rebuilds itself to manage energy. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 And no amount of individual effort rebuilds trust that organizational culture has systematically eroded. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 An experiment on mice conducted by a team of researchers from Texas A&M University has revealed a healing sequence in mammalian physiology that rebuilds lost skeletal structure, albeit with less than perfect results. — Mike McRae 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026 Three of the rebuilds worked out well (the Heat won titles after the 2003 and 2010 rebuilds, and UM won a title in 2001) and two of them failed (Heat and Dolphins). — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026 The teaser also offers glimpses of Vincent Lindon as Jean Valjean, the ex-convict who rebuilds his life as a benevolent industrialist, and Tahar Rahim as Inspector Javert, Valjean’s relentless nemesis. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 July 2026

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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

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Visit the Big Bear Alpine Zoo An accredited facility that rehabilitates local wildlife, the Big Bear Alpine Zoo isn't your typical mountain town attraction.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
Chester Leonard rehabilitates wounded bald eagles and other large raptors at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke.

— DANA HEDGPETH THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026

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