as in to repair
to put into good shape or working order again
asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm
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Recent Examples of recondition
Unfortunately, many wind up being reconditioned to some degree and sold to unsuspecting consumers.
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Trains roll into the facilities, where they are disassembled, reconditioned to near-factory specifications, and then sent back out into a railroad that functions as New York’s vascular system, pumping more than a billion riders across 345 million miles each year, 24 hours a day, every day.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Funding models have evolved, money for renovations has started to flow, and thousands of apartments have already been reconditioned.
—Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
Macallan also worked with Sotheby’s to recondition the capsule of the most recent Valerio Adami bottle to go up for sale.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Trains roll into the facilities, where they are disassembled, reconditioned to near-factory specifications, and then sent back out into a railroad that functions as New York’s vascular system, pumping more than a billion riders across 345 million miles each year, 24 hours a day, every day.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Funding models have evolved, money for renovations has started to flow, and thousands of apartments have already been reconditioned.
—Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
Macallan also worked with Sotheby’s to recondition the capsule of the most recent Valerio Adami bottle to go up for sale.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recondition
Verb
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And when repairing cars gets more expensive, so does something else: auto insurance.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Nasser had been largely repaired, but reminders of the violence were everywhere.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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Lucas County officials have announced plans to form a task force to examine and rebuild trust in local child welfare systems.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017, when Hurricane Maria pummeled the island as a powerful Category 4 storm, razing a power grid that crews are still struggling to rebuild.—
Danica Coto,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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Criterion sought for years to reconstruct the films and eventually released their 4K restorations in 2015.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The house where the Jewish teenager penned her famous diary has been reconstructed for visitors to experience the five rooms the Frank family and others lived in before they were discovered in 1944 and sent to concentration camps.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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To fix a bland soup, try reducing the liquid, adding more seasoning, or mixing in an acid like lemon juice or vinegar.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Mar. 2025
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Other ways to fix bland soup include adding umami, fat, or sweetness.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Recondition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recondition. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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