RECONSTRUCTION Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

reconstruction

noun

Definition of reconstruction

as in revision

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as in simulation

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Recent Examples of reconstruction Some of those Syrians are now returnees and are being picked up by government administration and companies to support the reconstruction. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 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 That does not include major capital improvements, roadway reconstruction and periodic resurfacing. — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 The Minnesota State Patrol is assisting the sheriff's office with the investigation by doing crash reconstruction. — Cole Premo, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruction

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Noun

Months later, a report found the state hadn't complied with its own lethal injection process since its revision in 2018, resulting in executions being conducted without proper testing of the drugs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Earnings growth across the sector could see meaningful upward revisions as incremental data-center contracts are signed, and tightening power-market fundamentals drive upside to consensus estimates.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of revision

Noun

Computational simulations, however, showed that these channels connect with one another, creating a three-dimensional network through which lithium ions can move.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Anthropic’s researchers tested fifteen other AI models on the same simulation, and found that all of them displayed similar urges.

— Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 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

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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

Rhode has continued to expand its cheek category, with a recent collaboration with Alexandra Leclerc to create Pocket Pearl, a miniature, reflective riff on the original formula.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026
Trader Joe’s is also loaded up with all things miniature this year.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of miniature

Noun

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

Definition of reconversion

Noun

But hope is not lost in Shelley’s reworking of the bleak vision of postapocalypse as terminal and total extermination of life.

— Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
But it was closely followed by the reveal of a reworking of what is currently known as Journey Into Imagination With Figment at Epcot.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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