construction
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Even pottery that enters the ground whole often cracks over the centuries as soil pressure, farming, construction, and other disturbances shift the earth around it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
In the Sun Belt, relatively looser regulatory requirements spurred more new-home construction, which in turn boosted housing supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
According to the Passivhaus Trust, the additional construction cost associated with building to the standard range from 2% extra for flats to 5% for a semi-detached house.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Friday, with a lower-court order about to go into effect halting construction on the controversial project, Chief Justice John G. Roberts decided that the court needed more time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
It had one of those yellow-and-black banners saying it was under construction.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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Novels from Valeria Luiselli and Katy Simpson Smith explore the connections between human relationships and the deliberate constructions of art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The state also requires home hardening measures for the structure itself — from covering vents with a mesh to block embers from entering to using fire-resistant building materials — for all new constructions since 2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
Cappelleri also pointed out that despite their different constructions, the RSP ETF and the Dow often arrive at very similar results.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Now he was talking about direct experimental data and involved theoretical constructions.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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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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