as in to reconstruct
to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged
It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane.
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Recent Examples of rebuild
The Dolphins defense, however, is in rebuilding mode.
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
This would focus on boosting America’s forward force deployment, helping allies and partners strengthen their security capabilities, and rebuilding defense industrial bases including within friendly nations.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 June 2025
Less than a week after the explosion destroyed his fertility clinic, Dr. Maher Abdallah vows to rebuild.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
From Iraq to Rwanda, domestic tax codes have been leveraged to jump start rebuilding.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
This would focus on boosting America’s forward force deployment, helping allies and partners strengthen their security capabilities, and rebuilding defense industrial bases including within friendly nations.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 June 2025
Less than a week after the explosion destroyed his fertility clinic, Dr. Maher Abdallah vows to rebuild.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
From Iraq to Rwanda, domestic tax codes have been leveraged to jump start rebuilding.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuild
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In the now-legendary Paris exhibition, the curators reconstructed her house (a model of her home was in the Wits Art Museum exhibition) and invited her to paint it in the same style.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Hospital death records helped Baham's team reconstruct some biographical moments of the 13 men and four women.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
31 May 2025
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The program has rescued and rehabilitated 24 seals in 2025 alone, according to the aquarium.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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Nor were they educated or important enough to be rehabilitated into the West German government — like the former Nazis who, by 1957, made up some 76 percent of the senior officials in the Justice Ministry of the Federal Republic.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The council has spent months deliberating the budget and, most recently, decided to restore funding for a residential parking program, youth events and immigrant legal aid.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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Some were assured by their supervisors that their benefits would be restored.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
4 June 2025
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“Rebuild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuild. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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