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construct

[kuhn-struhkt, kon-struhkt] / kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɒn strʌkt /


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They were then able to construct an annual market-rent and sales-price series for several big cities in the U.S.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

They include renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, work on public parks and plans to construct a gigantic arch.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

To one, time imposes order on life; to the other, time is a construct disguising a deeper chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

To construct the device, the researchers added silver nanoparticles to a layer of customized DNA sequences -- specially designed to be of certain compositions and lengths -- that was integrated with thin films of perovskite.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

“As I said, your memory construct will exist in the Thunderhead. Loved ones will be able to talk to it, and your construct will respond.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

It is under that authority, and consistent with the long sweep of history, that the president constructs the ballroom.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"What you see them do is navigate a world with the constructs of capitalism," he says.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Roan’s lipstick gone “awry” on her teeth brings a camp sensibility to both mock and celebrate feminine performance that resists traditional heteronormative constructs.

From Salon Feb. 19, 2026

In the other half, we reduced expression using "Tough Decoy" constructs.

From Science Daily Feb. 17, 2026

If astrophysics developed, the existence of stars could eventually be deduced from the principles of physics, but they would be theoretical constructs only.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The ride was constructed last year using repurposed farm materials, including strawberry polytunnel hoops and an old tipper lorry trailer.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Their conversation explores characters who hide their true nature behind carefully constructed personas, the role of technology in enabling obsession and revenge, and the social rituals that define contemporary London.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

It’s all balanced with carefully constructed and outrageously funny physical comedy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

He brought with him perhaps 60,000 soldiers, along with numerous cannons, some of enormous size, to besiege the city; a newly constructed fleet patrolled the Bosporus.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Because of the way the stalls are constructed, I can’t check on him until we stop and unload the other horses.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Builders pulled back on constructing new homes in July, dropping the pace of newly built single-family homes to the slowest level in nearly four years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

This suggests AI may prove to be just as valuable for discovering unexpected mathematical objects as it is for constructing proofs.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

I found myself surprisingly moved by the meditative activities and programming, even if it felt silly at first to be constructing a mandala with leaves and twigs in the middle of a workweek.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Tom Homan has spent years constructing the persona of a man who never backs down.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Remember, this is one tight, well-connected, emotional ball I’m constructing here.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher




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