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erection

[ih-rek-shuhn] / ɪˈrɛk ʃən /










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The piece’s 10 sections, weighing about 4,500 pounds each, will be trucked to Lincoln this week and assembled by Davis Erection.

From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2016

Erection of anti-missile defenses around Moscow has been resumed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Erection of the dermal appendages.—Hardly any expressive movement is so general as the involuntary erection of the hairs, feathers and other dermal appendages; for it is common throughout three of the great vertebrate classes.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles

City and Suburban Homes Company— Erection of model tenements, 129-137.

From The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)

Some of the Difficulties that Attended its Transportation and Erection.

From The Darrow Enigma by Severy, Melvin Linwood




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