recondition
Americanverb (used with object)
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reconditions,
present (3rd person singular)
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reconditioned,
past participle, past
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reconditioning
present participle
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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reconditionsimple
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reconditionssimple
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have reconditionedperfect
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has reconditionedperfect
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am reconditioningprogressive
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are reconditioningprogressive
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is reconditioningprogressive
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have been reconditioningperfect progressive
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has been reconditioningperfect progressive
Past
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reconditionedsimple
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had reconditionedperfect
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was reconditioningprogressive
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were reconditioningprogressive
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had been reconditioningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of recondition
Example Sentences
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At CarMax, Barr’s strategy revolves around improving CarMax’s digital capabilities, growing its in-house financing arm and reducing its costs to recondition used cars for sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
However, it warned of higher costs to recondition vehicles.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
Some will be purchased by dealers who will recondition them and sell them as used cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
There are few spare parts, he said, so he cannibalizes parts from damaged planes to try to recondition a few aircraft to fly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
He’d been so horrified by the condition of what he called “the boss’s lawn” that he’d come by to recondition it.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
Family-owned Seattle Barrel, collects, reconditions and sells 55-gallon industrial drums.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2019
The hope is that “when you engage in the game pretty intensely for long periods of time, it actually reconditions how the brain processes information.”
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2015
It was reconditioned after last season and recertified for use in 2011 by Stadium System, a company based in Canaan, Conn., that reconditions helmets for hundreds of schools around the country.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2011
His specialty is handmade British doubles, which he imports, reconditions and resells.
From Time Magazine Archive
He recently opened a motorcycle shop that reconditions and sells vintage Harley-Davidsons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much of that equipment is being taken out of the plant to be rebuilt and reconditioned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The organs were put on ice and transported to Cambridge, where they were placed in the machine to be "reconditioned" before transplant.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
These used and reconditioned devices have the potential to increase access to pacemaker therapy in low- and middle-income countries, where many patients cannot afford the treatment.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
City officials said they’d previously fined the shop for its e-bike charging practices, though inspectors reportedly did not check to see if the store was selling reconditioned batteries on a recent visit.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Last week I sent a tuner over to my parents’ apartment and had the piano reconditioned, for purely sentimental reasons.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Higher vehicle reconditioning costs along with a drop in shipping revenue hit retail gross profit per unit.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Though reconditioning costs came in higher than anticipated, Carvana said it expects to be able to bring them down over time through a large-scale production facility with simpler and more data-driven operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
After a planned overnight stay, the astronauts will travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where they will begin standard postflight evaluations and physical reconditioning.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
The Mirrlees Blackstone MB275 engines have yielded cylinder heads, fuel pumps and fuel injectors which have been sent off for reconditioning.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
The only option was to ship all the magnets back to the manufacturer, Allis-Chalmers, for cleaning and radical reconditioning.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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