reconstruct
verb (used with object)
to construct again; rebuild; make over.
reconstructed
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past participleof reconstruct.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reconstruct.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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A 31-foot predator that once hunted dinosaurs across what is now the eastern United States has been reconstructed in scientifically accurate, life-size form for the first time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Writing in the Yale Law Journal, Cherneff reconstructed the history of In re Turner, an 1867 decision by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase that helped end the re-enslavement of Black children through involuntary “apprenticeships.”
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
In recent years, a local group of volunteers working under the name Maine’s First Ship reconstructed the Virginia piece by piece using historical materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
By sequencing genetic material preserved inside ancient teeth, the researchers reconstructed bacterial genomes and identified previously unknown early strains of plague.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
More interestingly, the reconstructed language had words for “pig,” “dog,” and “rice,” which must therefore have been part of Proto-Austronesian culture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
