- present participle of construct.
constructing
Example Sentences
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Christine is only slightly more experienced, no longer an atelier apprentice, but is just beginning to prove herself, constructing her first garment entirely on her own.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026
But some publicly traded companies are also involved in constructing them, and other kinds of infrastructure in the Middle East.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Rather than constructing cat-like states from coherent-state wave packets, the researchers developed a technique that combines a broad range of quantum components that are already highly nonclassical.
From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026
In constructing this ranking, we owe a heavy debt to the work of others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
We spent the remainder of the day in constructing fortifications and the rudiments of the camp.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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