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verb

past tense of rebuild

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rebuilt
Adjective
Pope Francis had refused repeatedly to make a proper state visit to France during his 12-year pontificate and pointedly refused to join the inauguration of the rebuilt Notre Dame cathedral in 2024. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 The rebuilt 90,000-seat stadium, which opened in 2007, remains the home of England’s national teams and one of the sport’s most recognizable stages. — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 San Francisco cruised to a 27-7 victory over the Rams and their rebuilt defense in Australia. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The sunken living room bridges the rebuilt 1930s house and its new addition. — Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2026 The new logo is rolling out across product, visual communications and a rebuilt website. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 During Thursday's announcement, Hochul warned that the state is increasing its efforts to combat auto insurance fraud, including through a new cross-agency task force and a rebuilt insurance fraud bureau. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday morning, WJZ cameras captured a massive crane lifting a support pylon for the rebuilt bridge into place. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 This included preserving the original 427 ci Ford FE big-block side-oiler V-8, and replacing it with a rebuilt version. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
The previous Le Carl Gustaf hotel, owned by entrepreneur Jacques Laurent, went into decline before Hurricane Irma and was slated to be rebuilt as apartments, but locals said no way. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Walking through prewar Berlin, taking in its historic architecture, Susanna daydreams of her native New York, an ever-changing city where buildings are torn down and rebuilt in the blink of an eye. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 The most emotionally poignant parts of the film focus on how the intellectual rebuilt his relationship to his Palestinian identity. — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026 But Green Springs gives the district more flexibility with a larger, newer footprint after it was partly rebuilt following a fire in 2011. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026 The golf course would be ripped up and rebuilt, including elevating the playing area by several feet to protect against surge flooding. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 During that meeting, NCDOT, along with the Charlotte Department of Transportation, noted that 17 of the 22 bridges that span I-77 south would need to be rebuilt. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Sand berms have been rebuilt and there are new reinforcements along the seawall where waves from Hurricane Marie broke the boardwalk apart. — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 With the town motel still not having been rebuilt, John stays at Hal’s for the night, where feeding his carnivorous alien plant Earl helps the former hero’s demise truly set in. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuilt
Adjective
  • The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As filming was only allowed on Mondays under strict restrictions, Coppola’s team reconstructed some of the château’s key interiors, such as the Queen’s Grand Chamber and the Royal Opera, in nearby châteaux, such as Millemont.
    — Stephanie Sporn, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of seeing the game through screenshots or computer vision, the AI reconstructed its environment from server network messages and game data, then built its own tools to navigate and play.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Many homes and apartments were rehabilitated, existing homeowners saw modest price increases alongside improving neighborhood conditions, and new long-term affordable apartments are underway.
    — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Another option in case the property owners don't come together is for the hotel parcel to be rehabilitated.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The company bought the building in 1997 for $220 million, restored the lobby and some other spaces, and sold it off gradually, exiting in 2008 in a deal that put the building’s value at $800 million.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The request does not apply to planning, measurements, soil surveys, or other measures with minor impacts that can be easily restored.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Rebuilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuilt. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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