reconstructing

verb

present participle of reconstruct
1
as in rebuilding
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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2
as in re-creating
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 reconstructing In its breathless finale, Curry races through the mansion reconstructing every murder, flinging himself through doors and corridors while maintaining the verbal precision of a stage actor performing at double speed. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 As a result, reconstructing the initial stages of the outbreak remains challenging. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026 The work includes reconstructing Acorn, building a roadway extension connecting Acorn to Addision and installing new infrastructure for water, sanitary sewer and storm sewers. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Anything seemed possible in medical science breakthroughs, from repairing a fictional astronaut to reconstructing a real-life ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is reconstructing the eastbound I-94 lanes as part of the I-94 East-West Project. — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Gabbriellini’s film frames the events from a tender and poetic perspective rather than reconstructing the crime, to shift the focus to its origins, exploring the human, cultural and emotional dynamics behind it. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Identifying a child, reconstructing documents and arranging a safe return can take months. — Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstructing
  1. rebuilding
  2. re-creating
  3. overhauling
  4. reinventing
  5. repairing
  6. repeating
  7. reimagining
  8. reviewing
Verb
  • But my favorite was completely rebuilding a house, from studs up.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • For some large organizations, that may require fundamentally rebuilding the architecture and operating model of their internal SOC.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of rebuilding
Verb
  • Marie Claire describes the trend as deliberately recreating dark circles and other signs of tiredness that makeup has traditionally been used to hide.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The new video has nearly two million views and also dovetails with a recent TikTok trend of people recreating the original.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of re-creating
Verb
  • Singapore is overhauling its landmark baby bonus scheme, first introduced in 2001, as the city’s fertility rate and number of births fall to record lows.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • David Lee sat down with new majority owner Peter Mallouk this spring, a few months into his job of completely overhauling Sporting KC as its new sporting director.
    — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of overhauling
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  • This quintessential college campus from the 19th century is where a group of business, college and government leaders is working on the task of reinventing higher education for the 21st century.
    — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
  • However, reinventing Beethoven at the Bowl, doing so following Dudamel and with little rehearsal time, could easily become a fool’s errand.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of reinventing
Verb
  • Days said the focus of the project is not changing the machine's appearance or replacing a piece of Pittsburgh history, but repairing the internal components that have long been nonfunctional.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The foundation subsequently addressed some of these concerns, repairing its Mansard roof and restoring its windows and doors.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of repairing
Verb
  • The boards that avoid repeating the errors of that 2012 firm will not be the ones holding the most detailed AI policy documents.
    — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Hundreds of residents returned to the streets the following day, marching toward the Trampolín and Benítez beach areas where migrants were camped and repeating the same chant, according to EFE.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of repeating
Verb
  • In general, the Apes series has been about building on that original concept, expanding, revising, and reimagining it as needed through an initial five-movie series, a one-off remake, and a reboot series launched in 2011.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Ternus, the colleague recalled, would spend about an hour in the morning reimagining a product with computer software, then walk into the in-house machine shop and fabricate the part himself on a mill or lathe.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of reimagining
Verb
  • After reviewing the evidence, an internal review board was divided on whether Garcia-Alamilla was justified in using deadly force.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Finding relevant evidence may require searching multiple databases, reviewing individual studies, and comparing current clinical guidelines.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of reviewing

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