1
as in to rebuild
to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed
After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up.
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as in to recreate
to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened
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Recent Examples of reconstruct
On his first day in his new post, George is mainly busy with trying to remember whatever information Natan gave him by attempting to reconstruct his exact surroundings at the time of their conversation.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
In 1950, the wall was reconstructed to control erosion and create artificial beaches.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025
Some Israeli officials don’t want to reconstruct it at all.
—Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
But to reconstruct past climate events, researchers in the field of historical climatology go beyond these natural indicators to examine those of society: the records and everyday-life reports of people who lived in those times.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
In 1950, the wall was reconstructed to control erosion and create artificial beaches.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025
Some Israeli officials don’t want to reconstruct it at all.
—Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
But to reconstruct past climate events, researchers in the field of historical climatology go beyond these natural indicators to examine those of society: the records and everyday-life reports of people who lived in those times.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruct
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Miami needs to create about $20 million to $30 million more in cap space to rebuild the team decently.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps most crucially, studios and streamers must do their part by pledging to shoot more in L.A. County, demonstrating a commitment to rebuilding after the fires.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
1 Mar. 2025
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Yesterday, Senate Republicans were quick to give Elon Musk a standing ovation in the House chamber as President Trump heaped praise on his efforts to overhaul the federal government.—
Jess Bidgood,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Dellinger's firing came as part of the president's efforts to overhaul the federal government and reduce its size and spending.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Appelbaum reserves a special animus for the conservative sentimentality over the small town, and he is disturbed by how many progressives, like Jacobs, sought to re-create it in the middle of cities.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Now, at the 2025 Oscars, Brody and Berry re-created their infamous kiss behind-the-scenes on the carpet before the ceremony commenced.—
McKinley Franklin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Mar. 2025
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The hope is the series will show Meghan in a new light, rehabilitate her image and change public perception.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration sees itself not as an ally to Ukraine and its European backers, but as an intermediary between them and Moscow, hoping to rehabilitate Russia on the world stage.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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Well-known for her use of out-of-the-ordinary materials over the years, like scarab wings and ancient mammoth ivory, van der Velden rose to the challenge of reinventing that most classic of stone in her own, original way.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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This season–and for the first time since its debut in 1969–the hero handbag is reinvented in a reversible icy blue and pretty pale pink–two of spring’s hautest hues to take note of now, and then add to your already overflowing Rabanne shopping cart later.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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By late summer, the process was complete, but Chinese officials discovered that six claims had been inadvertently repeated.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Create your personal success system to repeat what works.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Director Alex Parkinson, who also helmed the 2019 documentary of the same name, returns to bring this gripping true story to the big screen—with an intense, cinematic reimagining that places viewers inside the dive helmets of those who lived it.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The brand studies how patterns, textures, and shapes within nature can be reimagined into a wearable piece of jewelry.—
Mekaylah Yowpp-Hernacki,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Reconstruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconstruct. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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