reconstruct
verb (used with object)
to construct again; rebuild; make over.
has reconstructed
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present perfectof reconstruct (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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With incredible detail, he has reconstructed the ways a modest fund endowed by a reluctant heir managed to reshape American civil rights in less than 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Utrecht University geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat has reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
The AP has reconstructed their journey based on interviews with 28 relatives of those on board, audio recordings of calls from the boat, interviews with three eyewitnesses, and photos and videos.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
How the watch traveled from Louis Overstrijd in Rotterdam to a cornfield in the Flemish part of Belgium is not entirely known, but Snijders has reconstructed the journey.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
They have experimented, speculated, elaborated theories of the universe, drawn out systems of philosophy; but she has reconstructed the social life of man through her creative insight.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
