construction
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Tesla is embarking on a massive construction spree that Musk characterized on a conference call as probably the United States' "fastest industrial scale up since World War Two."
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Strong semiconductor and machinery exports drove the growth, offsetting weak private consumption and contracting construction investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The 28-year-old, who works in public relations, and her husband, who works as a construction project manager at a real-estate company, paid $629,000 for the three-bedroom home.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The advance could support the development of more capable lidar sensors for challenging uses, including autonomous vehicle navigation, aerial mapping, and the monitoring of construction sites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
His father wasn’t an electrician like the character in the book—he worked in construction.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
At the same time, the mathematical foundations behind these constructions are highly advanced and demand careful analytical work.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
Still, out of deference to his wife, he mostly keeps his constructions confined to a single room downstairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
Family is like a tapestry, sewn together in a constant story despite different constructions and experiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Analysts are monitoring large AI data center constructions as a key factor for revenue forecasts for companies like Nvidia and Oracle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
Countless idioms, word senses, and grammatical constructions have been coined and circulated by the universe of English speakers.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing construction
Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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