recondition
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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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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
So you can take an older battery and recondition it, and it’ll be much better for many years.
From The Verge ● Jan. 24, 2022
Three of the booths were removed because of the cost to recondition them, and Alexander replaced them with tables.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2016
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
Its Cinefonics division makes documentary films both for Cook and other companies; the Air Mod division reconditions Air Force planes and repairs electronic gear.
From Time Magazine Archive
He recently opened a motorcycle shop that reconditions and sells vintage Harley-Davidsons.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition, more than a dozen giants are currently in transition — that is, getting reconditioned or relocated.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
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
Three deaths occurred in the group with reconditioned pacemakers, but none were related to the implantation procedure, device infection or malfunction.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
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
CarMax plans to open four new stores in fiscal 2027, plus two stand-alone auction facilities and two stand-alone reconditioning and auction centers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 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
He sat out for reconditioning and missed the first game of the Clippers’ back-to-back set after signing with them this week, the 28-year-old looking forward to playing backup point guard for his new team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
The U-M team sorts and interrogates recycled pacemakers, only reconditioning those that have more than four years of battery life.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
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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