construction
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In 2019, the Supreme Court awarded the disputed site for construction of the temple, paving the way for a huge fundraising drive across the country to finance the project.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
He was part of the “Dirt Boyz,” a nickname for heavy construction and civil engineering specialists in the Air Force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
But nowadays, the formerly sleepy streets are awash with diggers, orange construction cones and out-of-state license plates.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The beachfront hotel was lovely but it was difficult to reach guest services on multiple occasions and there was construction outside my room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Even if we had the time and the ability, we’d run out of construction paper long before we got close.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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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
"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
Man Ray also built ingenious collages, bas-relief constructions and elegant chess sets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Family is like a tapestry, sewn together in a constant story despite different constructions and experiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
The problem for Kepler was that circles, eccentrics and epicycles were geometrical constructions; there was no evidence that any such gearing existed in the heavens.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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