construct
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You have to look beyond the interior of a courtroom to see the people on the ground fighting to construct constitutional meaning.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Kennedy and USC officially entered into an agreement to construct the field in April 1998.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“In our view, the Mag 7 is dead as a construct for assessing large-cap growth dynamics, and it has been for some time,” say strategists at Citi, led by Scott Chronert.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The researchers believe the bees mixed dirt with saliva to construct each tiny nest, which measured less than the size of a pencil eraser.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
In 1994, Hanna Damasio has an idea of how to construct one retroactively.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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"What you see them do is navigate a world with the constructs of capitalism," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Roan’s lipstick gone “awry” on her teeth brings a camp sensibility to both mock and celebrate feminine performance that resists traditional heteronormative constructs.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
In the other half, we reduced expression using "Tough Decoy" constructs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026
On this promising foundation, Ms. Day constructs a drama that is airy yet biting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Bechareh, she probably constructs tales as a way of mourning the loss of her family, was the collective surmise of most of the wives.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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EU trade spokesman Olof Gill said: "It is our clear understanding and expectation that the US will honor the commitments that are spelled out under the EU-US Joint Statement, whatever tariff regime is constructed."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The director’s method was to work out the specifics in the film’s environments, namely the beaches of Morocco’s Essaouira and in the mountain village of Aït Benhaddou, where Troy was constructed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
To the extent that this whole machinery of law and justice and representative democracy was constructed for anyone, it was constructed for you.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
To better reflect those conditions, the scientists constructed a simplified microbial community containing all 25 bacterial species.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
But sometime recently it must have leaked because the curators constructed a second roof of plastic sheeting over the top.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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Rhoads, a supplier to Navy submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat, is constructing a 95,000-square-foot high-bay submarine manufacturing and assembly facility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
For the filmed sequences, Weist worked with cinematographer and visual artist Abigail Raphael Collins, whose research has explored the role Hollywood has played in constructing public perceptions of American state power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
By constructing the molecules from scratch in the laboratory, they confirmed the precise structures of secalosides A and B for the first time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
So, let’s learn a bit more about grammar, about constructing coherent sentences, which will lead to more coherent thinking.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
I am writing to you today from the steps of the Capitol building they are constructing here in Washington.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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