construction
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Most stay for about eight months before departing ahead of Kashmir's harsh winter, when construction slows and agricultural activity dwindles.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Data up to June this year suggested the government was behind on the rate of construction needed to meet the goal, which housebuilders have previously warned was too optimistic.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Americans appear increasingly alarmed by the technology,with 7 in 10 polled in March opposing local construction of data centers that power AI technology, according to a Gallup survey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
By researching court records and newspapers, Mr. White discovered new information about this important neighborhood, comprising some 264 people in 1855, which was torn down during the construction of Central Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Five of those guillotines—borrowed from the public library, the community college, plus our own elementary and high schools—slice construction paper with machine-like efficiency.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Novels from Valeria Luiselli and Katy Simpson Smith explore the connections between human relationships and the deliberate constructions of art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
If Ms. Orton sang like her 19-year-old self, had the songs been tight constructions manicured by a hired-gun songwriter, had her insights felt unearned, such a declaration could have come across as trite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
At the same time, the mathematical foundations behind these constructions are highly advanced and demand careful analytical work.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
The next four constructions allow a writer to shift a phrase rightward when it is too heavy or too newsworthy to be taking up space in the middle of a sentence.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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