erected

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The only object that could better symbolize his time in office is the gold toilet erected as an art installation in D.C. by a mysterious collective called the Secret Handshake.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt erected millions of square feet of unsightly buildings on the National Mall to house an expanded federal bureaucracy during the world wars.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

In each of the past five years, on average, only 200 miles of new transmission and distribution lines have been erected.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

In 2024, a blue plaque was erected in Arnold Grove in Wavertree.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

But the statue had been erected three years after Halliday’s death, so I knew it was a dead end.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline