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construction

[kuhn-struhk-shuhn] / kənˈstrʌk ʃən /




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The government had wanted to start construction on the arch immediately after the panel gave its approval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

But the centres also need power sources, intensive cooling systems, and old-fashioned construction, plumbing and electrical work, all providing money and jobs for local communities and beyond.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

For the next 16 months, motorists will have to seek alternative routes to the Vincent Thomas Bridge, which is slated to close for construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Leading up to Thursday’s tech-stock tumble, concern was growing over the borrowing costs for hyperscalers and other companies to fund data-center construction and to pay for cloud computing and AI development services.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

He blinked at the dirt and breathed in construction fumes.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The first symphony begins with auroral ascensions for strings that swerve suddenly to starkly geometric constructions, almost a sonic Lego.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

For Vara, one of the stylistic issues that stood out about The Blue Fighter was that it had used sentence constructions using "X but Y", which she says is common in AI-generated texts.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The state also requires home hardening measures for the structure itself — from covering vents with a mesh to block embers from entering to using fire-resistant building materials — for all new constructions since 2008.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

"We now see that end of these monumental constructions coincides with the disappearance of the population that built them," Seersholm said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026

That is what they have in common with the passive constructions that also bog down these examples, like was affirmed and were used.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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