JERRY-BUILDS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

jerry-builds

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present tense third-person singular of jerry-build

as in rigs (up)

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Neither strategy does much to restore Brazil’s credibility because neither rebuilds the capacity on which that credibility rests.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
The film follows a boy who rebuilds his late mother from her texts, voice, and diary, and what wakes up never gives an order.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

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Her special talent was to make historic gardening techniques and designs accessible for the average gardener, championing the potager—which combines flowers with useful, edible plants—and creating gardens for Elton John and the then Prince of Wales.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The technology combines structured information from the patient’s intake with analysis of facial images.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

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Where Gravis retrofits machines already on site, Monumental deploys its own fleet from scratch.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Four years later, her company, DB Trucks, buys and builds water trucks, or retrofits trucks that customers own, for uses like construction sites and firefighting.

— Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025

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Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, a fierce OpenAI competitor, is the bad guy of The Social Reckoning, opening October 9, which reconstructs the 2021 showdown between Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) and whistleblower Frances Haugen (Oscar-winner Mikey Madison).

— Philip Shenon, Air Mail, 19 Sep. 2026
The redesign is taking place while the MTA reconstructs the Grand Central Train Shed, which is directly below the stretch of Park Avenue that'll be part of the redesign.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of reconstructs

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The new version centers on Dalin, a single mother who designs bridal gowns and whose devotion to her job has opened a gap between her and her 10-year-old daughter Mina.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Founded in 2025, Stoke designs performance-lifestyle footwear around the fit needs of men with wider feet.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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