constructive
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Wall Street delivered a “broadly constructive performance” on Tuesday, UOB Global Economics & Markets Research says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Oslo on Tuesday for talks with top US envoys in a bid to get strained relations with Washington "on a more constructive path", Oslo said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Zelensky said earlier he had had a "constructive discussion" with Rubio about the need for US early warnings, missile interceptors and SpaceX's Starlink internet network.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said in an interview that Raman did nothing constructive, for example, to strengthen financial protections for the city in its most recent contract with LA28.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
I designed for both of them literally dozens of insulting, sub-normal, but quite constructive, drawing exercises.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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