reconstruction
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The estimate is limited to direct physical damage and "does not include losses related to income or production, nor the full costs of recovery and reconstruction".
From Barron's
The EU would be expected to contribute $100 billion for reconstruction, and the remainder would be placed in “separate U.S.-Russian investment vehicle” for “joint projects in specific areas.”
At least once a week, we drive on a multilane, divided highway partially under reconstruction with a speed limit that varies between 55 and 75 mph.
He rarely visits the State Department, which prepared for him one of its most historic offices: the high-ceiling, wood-paneled suite where Secretary of State George C. Marshall planned the reconstruction of Europe.
The Creature is a reconstruction of Victor’s broken child that has to chase him down to forgive him — to make him look at him, face him and forgive him.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
