construction
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Professional and business services also gained 11,000 jobs, and construction added 8,000 jobs.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The trade, transportation and utilities sector added 36,000 jobs, the construction industry added 8,000 jobs and the financial sector added 7,000.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
More than 100 people in the UK have already been employed to work on the project, with Universal promising a total of 20,000 jobs during the construction period.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
“These price gouging protections continue to be necessary as construction and rebuilding continue, and as thousands of people remain displaced,” the motion said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Five of those guillotines—borrowed from the public library, the community college, plus our own elementary and high schools—slice construction paper with machine-like efficiency.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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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