public works
Example Sentences
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Local governments tend to divert the cash into white-elephant public works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
That meant governments had to compensate people if public works like roads and aerodromes affected the value of property.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“He’d call me in the middle of the night— at 2 or 3 a.m. — to say, ‘Hey, go fill that pothole,’” remembers Constantino, whom Manzo appointed as Uruapan’s director of public works.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Two blocks of municipal land, including the village office, council chambers, public works facilities, and a recreation center, sit directly above a former mine site.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
That is why chiefdoms devote so much collected tribute to constructing temples and other public works, which serve as centers of the official religion and visible signs of the chief’s power.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
