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construct

[kuhn-struhkt, kon-struhkt] / kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɒn strʌkt /


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To drive builders to construct eligible homes, the measure would allow them to opt into a “qualified builder” option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

They guide financial advisers on how to construct clients’ portfolios and how to explain the risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Real Madrid's formula was seemingly simple: construct a team of the world's best players - spearheaded by Cristiano Ronaldo - and stick a legendary former star in charge.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Most towns and local governments have rules on how big a lot must be for a builder to construct a single-family home on it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

She learned to calculate the parameters necessary to fix the possible variables within the “positronic brain”; to construct “brains” on paper such that the responses to given stimuli could be accurately predicted.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

It is under that authority, and consistent with the long sweep of history, that the president constructs the ballroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The ecosystem does not wait for evidence; it constructs a narrative framework into which evidence, if it ever appears, can be slotted later.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

Heifetz is grounded in her decision by a central tenet of Earthseed, the fictional religion Butler constructs in “Parable of the Sower.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

"What you see them do is navigate a world with the constructs of capitalism," he says.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

They are simply mathematical constructs that make the mathematical operations in string theory work in the manner that they have to.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

When consumer spending slowed in 2022, many companies paused new leasing—just as more newly constructed buildings became available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The filmmakers constructed a massive set in Mumbai for the central story settings, while VFX teams worked there and in London and Vancouver.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

These communities often constructed fortified sites, and strategically located settlements controlling surrounding territories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Only a tiny portion of Centerville Road, next to the sand, would be constructed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Shapin and Schaffer, however, want to turn Hobbes into a seventeenth-century Wittgensteinian, someone who believes that all knowledge is conventional and constructed.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

If you are building frontier models or constructing massive AI data centers, you are in a sense always on the ballot, and the polls never seem to close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The US economy has also been heavily supported in recent years by American technology companies making massive investments in AI, including by constructing data centres around the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

This isn’t about optimizing every meal, spending three hours prepping identical containers or constructing the sort of Sunday routine that makes you feel behind when you inevitably skip it.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

The arts center was founded by acclaimed Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who Florenz said has proposed constructing a permanent building for the coffins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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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