reconstruction
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The U.N. estimates a minimum five-year economic recovery for the region at a cost of $1.4 trillion in reconstruction, should the war end today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Yet as it was left untreated for so long, it progressed into frozen pelvis disease and destroyed her reproductive organs, leaving her needing bladder reconstruction and a total hysterectomy.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
I was surprised by his meniscus-only recommendation, especially because the other three surgeons had breezily recommended the full reconstruction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The decision does not, however, mean that Nepal will immediately receive the funding, which amounts to less than 0.5 percent of the government's $4.78 billion estimate for reconstruction.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The reconstruction of the White House took more than three years; Madison would never live there again.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
The team then compared these preferences with reconstructions of ancient geography and climate to identify where suitable habitats existed at different points in Earth's history.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
In June, the board approved three other seismic-risk reconstructions totaling $496.9 million: Normandie Avenue Elementary and 107th Street Elementary — both in South L.A. — and Narbonne High School in the Harbor area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
Their work included sediment coring, laboratory testing, climate reconstructions, and studies of past plant and animal activity.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
The succeeding Macalister Ministry, with an interruption of eighteen days by a second Herbert Ministry of an ephemeral nature, and with reconstructions, lasted until August, 1867, when it was displaced by the Mackenzie-Palmer Administration.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
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Chapter 18: The Reconstruction Era
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