erection
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Dr. Sarah Furness, the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland, commissioned the statue's erection after the queen's death.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024
First class allowed families to select a site anywhere in the cemetery and, for an additional cost, the erection of a permanent memorial.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023
The erection of several wind turbines is viewed by the Golan villagers as an encroachment.
From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023
The rest of the neighborhood was equally supportive, many enthusiastically underwriting restoration of the columns and erection of the colonnade.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023
Three weeks later, Groves ordered the erection of a 2,100-column thermal diffusion plant at Oak Ridge.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
