jerry-build

verb

Definition of jerry-buildnext
as in to reedify

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jerry-build
  1. throw up
  2. rebuild
  3. retrofit
  4. reassemble
  5. reconstruct
  6. combine
  7. redevelop
  8. devise
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  • Left-leaning Hollywood activists aren’t exactly throwing up their hands and giving up — though several are taking a beat and reflecting on their apparent disconnect with many American voters.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
  • My cat is constantly throwing up (same) and requires Hill’s Sensitive Skin and Stomach, which costs roughly as much as my car insurance every month.
    Molly Higgins, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of throw up
Verb
  • But what about having to rebuild a roster on what seems like an annual basis?
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In 2021, Oren and Tal purchased a $10 million waterfront home in Miami Beach to teardown and rebuild with their father.
    Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of rebuild
Verb
  • British Airways, the only European carrier to offer first class cabins between London and the United States, recently announced plans to retrofit its A380 planes, ensuring travelers cross the pond in the best premium cabins.
    Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The details get trickier when miners consider building a data center from scratch or retrofitting an existing one, the most expensive option to deploy AI at scale.
    Colin Harper, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of retrofit
Verb
  • The first key to Trump’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris was his ability to reassemble his support from 2020.
    ForbesTV, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Then, five years ago, Brian Gibson, a former EMI engineer and Beatles collaborator, decided to reassemble and restore the device.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of reassemble
Verb
  • Many of the original tiles, now housed in international collections like the British Museum and the V&A, were digitally reconstructed and displayed in the adjacent museum.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Under chemical analysis, scientists were able to reconstruct past environmental changes like ocean temperature shifts and the eruptions of underwater seamounts, which left their marks on the ancient sponge.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of reconstruct
Verb
  • Early pantomime theater generally combined two parts: first, a play; and second, a buffoonish slapstick drama featuring four stock characters borrowed from commedia dell’arte: Harlequin; his lady love, Columbine; a grumpy antagonist named Pantaloon; and his assistant, the Clown.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The Ram 1500 Ramcharger is expected to have 690 miles of range, achieved using a that combines a 92 kilowatt-hour battery pack with a 130-kilowatt generator that uses gasoline fuel.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of combine
Verb
  • Now, Pier Sixty-Six is being redeveloped into a 32-acre waterfront destination that attracts luxury residents, boaters, and purveyors of the finer things.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This was the first ISS launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, which SpaceX has been redeveloping to support future crewed missions in addition to KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of redevelop
Verb
  • Campus police had no effective plan to work with external law enforcement and failed to take command on the night of the melee — leading the LAPD and the California Highway Patrol to devise an ad hoc response.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Following the previous example, the team that devised the solution did not start with that change in mind.
    Hunter McMahon, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of devise
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