constructive
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“We’re trying to be constructive and respectful on all fronts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The policy environment in North America has been far more constructive, and we believe Canada has a tremendous opportunity to grow production and add incremental egress in the coming years,” Wirzba told investors in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The family of the couple said the final five days of the latest protest aimed to "transform the last stage of the couple's hunger strike from protest into something constructive and collective".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Bettina Orlopp appealed for constructive dialogue with UniCredit after the Italian bank achieved a near majority stake in its German rival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Somehow this makes her praise sound like their mother's old "constructive" criticism.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing constructive
Twelve Angry Men
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Latin Love, Vol I: struere
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