construction
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Completed in 1902, the building was an architectural marvel with a pioneering steel-frame construction making it one of the city's first skyscrapers.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
There are more than 40 trunk line projects in the agency’s capital improvement plan, which will be in construction from now until 2057.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
A group of settlers was also seen alongside soldiers at a house under construction in the village.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The National Park Service says no decision has been made on whether or how the dirt will be used in any course construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Five of those guillotines—borrowed from the public library, the community college, plus our own elementary and high schools—slice construction paper with machine-like efficiency.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
"We now see that end of these monumental constructions coincides with the disappearance of the population that built them," Seersholm said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
Not surprisingly, the new necessities have made new constructions a harder sell.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Still, out of deference to his wife, he mostly keeps his constructions confined to a single room downstairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
Family is like a tapestry, sewn together in a constant story despite different constructions and experiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Like the menu of constructions, the menu of verbs can give a writer several options on where to place a given, new, light, or heavy phrase.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing construction
Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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