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public works
noun as in government-funded construction
Example Sentences
As new territories were brought into the empire by alliance or conquest, they were added to the network, facilitating communication, public works and military movements, and providing a potent reminder of Inca dominion.
This has failed every time it’s been tried when Tokyo threw borrowed cash at industrial-policy subsidies or public works—and Ms. Takaichi promises both.
Unprecedented public works and economic problems were left in its wake.
At the Board of Supervisors’ Aug. 12 meeting, Pestrella, the county public works director, said he expects the tower would survive even the most powerful earthquake.
Employees of the public works department, whose engineers have been accused of aiding in the graft, have been allowed to stop wearing their uniforms following reports that they were being heckled and harassed in public.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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