reconstruction
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He also announced building permits for the "equivalent reconstruction" of homes destroyed by the fires would be issued within a month, or even quicker.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Cali's mayor, Alejandro Eder, estimated that the reconstruction of Colombia's third-largest city will cost at least $3.2 billion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Purists might refer to it as ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, but the rest of the world knows it as the career-saving surgery named for a sore-armed left-handed Dodgers pitcher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
One of the study's major advances was the reconstruction of four stages in the early evolution of biological catalysis.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Stanton clashed repeatedly with President Andrew Johnson over the process of reconstruction.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
Early attempts to present real events on celluloid sometimes combined on-the-scene footage with staged reconstructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
If the Y chromosome from these remains matches that of living descendants, it would strengthen historical records and family lineage reconstructions.
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
"It expands the geographic frame for understanding how tuberculosis circulated in the past and highlights the value of integrating pathogen genomics into broader reconstructions of human history."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
Stadium reconstructions are "becoming more important because of the situation with television media rights", Manuel Gutierrez, vice president of European asset finance at Morningstar DBRS, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
All its motives are grounded in specific instincts and needs, all its reconstructions and compensations culminate with reference to these.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
Vocabulary lists containing reconstruction
Chapter 18: The Reconstruction Era
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Churchill's "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" speech (1940)
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Chapter 5, Sections 1–4
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