construct
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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
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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
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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
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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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