RECONSTRUCTION Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

reconstruction

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Definition of reconstruction

as in revision

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as in simulation

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Recent Examples of reconstruction The reconstruction of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, where congregants gathered in secret before building a meeting house in Virginia, was celebrated Friday. — Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 The reconstruction of one of the nation's oldest Black churches, where congregants gathered in secret before building a meeting house in Virginia, was celebrated Friday. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Israeli leaders have said little about the unprecedented death toll in Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe and the lack of reconstruction. — Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026 And yet, nine months later, Gaza has seen no reconstruction, no restoration of basic services, or even an end to daily violence. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruction

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Noun

The judge concluded that the revisions did not eliminate the constitutional controversy surrounding the city’s public-participation rules.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
The Election Commission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration deny the allegations and say the revision is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of revision

Noun

The playoff projections are based on a Monte Carlo simulation, a computation of random sampling used to predict outcomes, of the 2026 season.

— Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The scientists tested their conclusions by running simulations of planetary system evolution, all of which began with different conditions.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of simulation

Noun

While working for the state, records and interviews show, Perera also ran a construction and real estate business, purchasing and remodeling homes.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The Melius analysts pin their optimism on the idea that things are set to improve in the existing home market, which is where the demand for repairs and remodeling projects tends to come from.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of remodeling

Noun

Well, not the actual bathroom, but a re-creation of the bathroom set from the Confessions II film, but this time with Charli XCX emerging from one of the stalls with a cigarette in hand.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
There’s the largest assemblage of Lichtenstein mirror works ever installed together in a museum context, and a complete re-creation of his first Pop art show at Leo Castelli’s gallery uptown.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of re-creation

Noun

But this begs the parallel question of what the current museum architecture arises from and reflects, and why the oceanic and the oligarchic logics of the museum’s reformation now travel together here.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Years after his dad’s reformation, Jonah sits on a bench at the Broncos’ practice facility in Dove Valley, gazing out at the green expanse of his future.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026

Definition of reformation

Noun

Access to materials such as Tough 1500 V2 already expands its usefulness beyond miniatures and decorative prints, opening up functional projects without requiring a professional system.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Launched earlier this year by Stanford engineering graduate and former venture capitalist Madilyn Ontiveros Plumlee, Vero Studio specializes in the niche art form of bridal miniatures.

— Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of miniature

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Yet the reconversion into a mosque preserved much of the Crusader church, and the majority of the nave and the western portal were still visible in modern times.

— Stephennie Mulder, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2024
Maenza and Haider met for the first time in person at a reception following an ecumenical prayer service lamenting the reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

— Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 July 2021

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