construction
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While graffiti removal will begin within two weeks, he said, construction will start after the sale closes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The decisive question is how long Iran's leaders can preserve Hormuz as leverage without provoking an all-out war, renewed unrest or the construction of alternative routes that make the strait matter less.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Many consumers now oppose the construction of data centers in their communities and support increased government regulation of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"It's a major construction project and we have to find the ideal location. And the funding," he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
So when she came upon a work crew marching toward a construction site, she tried to join the end of the line.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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Now, the world’s biggest performance brands and a wave of smaller challengers are betting on a new approach: “active cooling technology”—fabrics, constructions and materials designed to lower the temperature at the skin’s surface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
And many of the new constructions are far removed from traditional Cycladic architecture.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
At the same time, the mathematical foundations behind these constructions are highly advanced and demand careful analytical work.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
Family is like a tapestry, sewn together in a constant story despite different constructions and experiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Good writers may have no explicit awareness of how these constructions and verb types work, and they certainly don’t know their names.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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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