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construction

[kuhn-struhk-shuhn] / kənˈstrʌk ʃən /




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Without a customer in place, the pace of construction slowed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

One of the other attractive things is that we are now seeing a huge amount of automation come into the construction of solar fields.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Haskell’s pivot to a more intentional approach to job hunting led to her current role managing construction projects for the state of Maine.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The Census Bureau reports residential construction data for April.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Mr. Grasso worked at construction sites, where he probably earned no more than thirty dollars a week.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis




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