How to Use reconstruction in a Sentence

reconstruction

noun
  • The police staged a reconstruction of the crime.
  • They were able to determine the cause of the accident by careful reconstruction of the events leading up to it.
  • During the reconstruction, the old roof tiles were reused as the new floor.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The third reconstruction is still a work in progress, Joseph writes.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Stevens died in 1868, at the height of Reconstruction, a time of great promise.
    Tracy Schorn, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The first of which came less than 24 hours after the bridge reconstruction was complete.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
  • Combined with the skull that was found at his tomb, the team was able to render a digital reconstruction of the ruler’s face.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The images were used to make a 3D reconstruction of the Titanic.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 July 2024
  • Breast reconstruction came kind of at the very, very, very, very end of the whole year, and getting the results that everything was all clear.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The other big reconstruction project in town figures to require more patience, and that’s even if the Spurs catch a few breaks.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The bridge is surrounded by nature, which was undisturbed by the reconstruction of the bridge.
    Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The reconstruction was live streamed, playing in local bars and even on the scoreboard during a Phillies game.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Major stadium reconstruction has been a common theme for schools that have made the jump from the Group of Five to the Power Five.
    Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The doctors must still insert implants into my jaw as a part of the reconstruction process.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Their record in those games: 24-40. Bullpen reconstruction was a natural place to start.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • For any type of breast reconstruction, there are benefits, risks, and trade-offs.
    Anna Werner, CBS News, 31 May 2023
  • Nine weeks later, the final surgery is completed with the reconstruction of the breasts with an implant.
    Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The scale of the reconstruction effort means that some corruption is inevitable.
    WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • From there, its architects plot the reconstruction of the building.
    Justin Ling, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2023
  • A quarter of the money will pay for airfield projects like reconstruction of a taxiway and an access gate.
    Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 June 2022
  • Now a new study provides the first full reconstruction of the living animal.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Mann wants her sculpture to humanize the ancient woman in the eyes of viewers, who will soon be able to see the head and the reconstruction displayed side by side.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2024
  • The Berlin police crash reconstruction team responded to the scene, police said.
    Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The department added Thursday that the Joy Road bridge had been slated for reconstruction.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
  • That crash happened on a stretch of U.S. 52 in Hampton that has been reduced from four lanes to two — one in each direction — for road reconstruction.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The bridge's reconstruction is expected to take years and cost billions of dollars.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The trail, which opened in 2019, first started as a reconstruction project of coastal damage but has grown into a tangible road of the resiliency of the region.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Means, who had Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery two years ago, is hoping to pitch something close to a full season for the first time since 2021.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
  • Hadrian was responsible for its reconstruction as well as for building Roman baths in this Troy IX layer.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The Orioles’ star closer is expected to be ready for the start of spring training after missing the entire 2024 season recovering from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery.
    Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024

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