construction
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Excavators have swung into action, clearing forest and farmland on the southeast coast for the $15 billion construction of Google's largest data centre outside the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
In the year to August the Citizens Advice Consumer Service received 9,000 complaints about roofing work, including problems with construction, repairs and weatherproofing.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Dani, 39, a nurse, also ran an aesthetics business while Tom, 38, had a construction business.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
If future studies confirm the calculations, the findings could provide an important foundation for designing more efficient fusion systems and help researchers make better decisions about reactor construction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Only Calista had made a new title for it, with construction paper and markers, and taped it to the front.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
The club would foot constructions costs as a "gift" to Americans and provide free memberships to future presidents - and accommodations to visiting foreign dignitaries.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Novels from Valeria Luiselli and Katy Simpson Smith explore the connections between human relationships and the deliberate constructions of art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The state also requires home hardening measures for the structure itself — from covering vents with a mesh to block embers from entering to using fire-resistant building materials — for all new constructions since 2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
"We now see that end of these monumental constructions coincides with the disappearance of the population that built them," Seersholm said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
Fluent writers have these constructions at their fingertips to simultaneously control the content of a sentence and the sequencing of its words.
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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