construction
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Hundreds of flights have been delayed at major airports in the US after construction workers accidentally cut a cable needed for air traffic control.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
One way to emulate highly successful people is to start in a tactile sector, like construction or auto repair, that gives you hands-on experience.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Such plans will likely bring economic opportunities to Greenlandic subcontractors in construction, catering, cleaning and other services, Keldsen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Times spoke with her on the seventh floor of an apartment building under construction in West Los Angeles — one made possible by her order fast-tracking approval of affordable housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
He began by ordering the construction of a great new warship, which he named the Mary Rose.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Novels from Valeria Luiselli and Katy Simpson Smith explore the connections between human relationships and the deliberate constructions of art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
AI writing seems off, and not just because of its reliance on “it’s not X, it’s Y” constructions or my beloved em dashes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Cappelleri also pointed out that despite their different constructions, the RSP ETF and the Dow often arrive at very similar results.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
At the same time, the mathematical foundations behind these constructions are highly advanced and demand careful analytical work.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
What Brunelleschi had discovered was not the vanishing-point or the distance-point construction; he had not engaged in elaborate measurements or sophisticated geometrical constructions, even if he had the competence to perform them.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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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