erected

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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

Maaden erected prefabricated warehouses for the fertilizer and rigged piping systems to move corrosive sulfuric acid, a key ingredient in phosphate production, into stainless-steel tanker trucks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Longleat has its own historical collection and archives that include the very first pound used for entry and documents for when they erected the park's first fences.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Once the lights had been erected, the crew began jackhammering, breaking up the green tennis court into chunks.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson