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construction

[kuhn-struhk-shuhn] / kənˈstrʌk ʃən /




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Both see a need to move homeless people into housing, and both have said that Measure ULA, the city’s tax on high-end property sales, needs to be rewritten to spur apartment construction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The company is currently looking to add aluminum production capacity with a new plant under construction in Alabama.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

He’s even bought satellite imagery to track Rocket Lab’s construction progress at Wallops.

From MarketWatch • 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 walls around us are cluttered with construction paper posters, marker-drawn announcements for spring sports tryouts, and Black History Month events.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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