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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

Looking further out, Volvo said it expects long-term growth in global transport demand, with trucks and construction equipment expected to outperform their historical growth rates moving forward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Besjana Guri, the founder of environmental NGO Lumi, said demonstrators were also calling for the suspension of an amendment that allowed "massive construction" inside nature reserves such as Zvernec.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Artemis 5, designed for a second landing and the start of base construction, follows later that year.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Only Calista had made a new title for it, with construction paper and markers, and taped it to the front.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff




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