reconstruct
verb (used with object)
to construct again; rebuild; make over.
have reconstructed
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present perfectof reconstruct.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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Scientists have reconstructed a remarkably detailed family tree of cells in a developing mouse embryo, tracing their origins back to the moment a fertilized egg first divided into two cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
And now researchers have reconstructed the evolutionary origins of kissing.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
According to the newspaper, German investigators have reconstructed the two-week voyage of the Andromeda.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2023
Geneticists have reconstructed entire genomes of Neanderthals as well as their eastern cousins, the Denisovans.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
All conversations led Mrs. Lancaster into the past, the girls could almost have reconstructed those long-ago, prosperous years, from hearing her tell of them.
From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris
