construction
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Kristyn Abhold, an official in the state water board’s financial assistance division, said the program has spent about $128 million on construction projects and drilled 103 new wells since July 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“I appreciate him being a Mainer from a small town,” said Connor Start, 18, a construction worker from Islesboro.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The construction board, a private canonical foundation, had intended to complete work this year.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The leader of Glasgow City Council has said construction work on the Union Corner site destroyed by fire earlier this year might not begin for five or six years.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The basic framework for all these institutions and traditions was built in a sudden spasm of enforced inspiration and makeshift construction during the final decades of the eighteenth century.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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