construction
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Unions and construction trade groups are warning that limiting construction endangers thousands of building-related jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
City officials said the project’s final estimated cost was unknown, as was the timing for bidding and construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"In the past months, we've seen the consolidation and fortification of Israeli positions, construction of protective infrastructure, and other engineering works," Kandice Ardiel, a Unifil spokeswoman, said.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Because data centers are a local and state issue, citizens are finding they have real leverage in protesting their construction.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Coal breathed relief, which was, again, mostly construction dust, but somehow better than before.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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"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
Not surprisingly, the new necessities have made new constructions a harder sell.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
The album has too much happening to function as ambient or environmental music—though loops are plentiful, there’s a consistent sense of development through these constructions, as elements are born, bloom and fade away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Still, out of deference to his wife, he mostly keeps his constructions confined to a single room downstairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
They consulted dictionaries to look up correct information about word meanings and grammatical constructions.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Vocabulary lists containing construction
Engineering - Introductory
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Engineering - Middle School
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