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constructs

VERB

assemble, build

Synonyms

STRONGEST

build up compose create design erect establish fashion forge form formulate found manufacture organize produce put up set up shape

STRONG

compound constitute elevate engineer envision fabricate frame imagine invent make prefab raise rear

WEAK

cobble up cook up dream up fudge together hammer out hoke up put out put together throw together throw up trump up uprear whip up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy disarrange disorder disorganize end neglect ruin

STRONG

abandon decrease demolish demote deny depress drop lessen lower raze refuse stop tell truth

WEAK

annihilate break dismantle

Example Sentences

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"What you see them do is navigate a world with the constructs of capitalism," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Roan’s lipstick gone “awry” on her teeth brings a camp sensibility to both mock and celebrate feminine performance that resists traditional heteronormative constructs.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

In the other half, we reduced expression using "Tough Decoy" constructs.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Now, Van der Velden is hoping for a second chance with skeptics as she constructs Tilly’s personality, behavior and conversational style.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

These constructs may mock our self-importance, but approaching the world in any other way seems painfully naive.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro