construction
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Take construction: Hiring for these blue-collar trades jobs has risen in the past year despite a slumping housing market — something that almost never happens.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Badea said he was recruited to come to London by Constantin "Bebe" Matache and Catalin Dumitru to work in construction, and was promised £3,000 per month, but the work never materialised.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The healthcare sector also created 47,000 new jobs; and the construction sector posted modest job gains for the third month in a row.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In addition to cities, the state already requires stormwater permits for construction sites, roads and certain industrial plants.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
There probably isn’t that much construction paper in all of Colorado.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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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