construction
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The Obama center’s opening is roughly five years behind what was originally planned after preservationists and activists slowed construction in court.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The construction of two huge single-track viaducts were "nearing completion", he added.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
“It always feels good to beat the rush,” says Beauregard, a telecommunications construction manager in Massachusetts, though he wishes he and his wife had started buying sooner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The agency, known as LACAHSA, bills itself as a one-stop shop for affordable housing financing with offers of construction loans, permanent loans, rental subsidies and other types of funding products.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
He gestured at the elaborate construction going on around them.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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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