construct
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Investigations have only just begun, but Bowen said he believed the property owners may have cut corners in their plans to construct a nine-story building for apartments and a grocery store.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
The robot then extended the two previously assembled truss bays out of the machine and proceeded to construct a third bay using the onboard assembly system.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, new building codes, particularly around energy efficiency and fire suppression, have forced builders to construct more complex and expensive homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
He’s got this mega-building he’s planning to construct right on Main Street.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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Ms. Fox constructs a clear, detailed and well-paced narrative of the siege.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
These constructs may mock our self-importance, but approaching the world in any other way seems painfully naive.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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The building at 1321 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn was constructed in the 1930s.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
To carry out this enormous survey, Rubin uses the 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope and the largest digital camera ever constructed, capable of capturing images with 3.2 gigapixels of resolution.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
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
But just for fun, some of the men also constructed “dogloos” on the ice beside Endurance.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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
A Mamdani official said the mayor, who also supports banning the industry, is constructing a plan to transition those in the horse-drawn carriage business.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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
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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