under construction

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Just west of the plant, a 4,700-acre community called Austin Point is under construction and projected to attract 50,000 new residents to 14,000 homes, priced from roughly $200,000 to $900,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

On another, viewers might linger on a picture of dirt, which Siegel captured during a trip 120 feet underground while the station was under construction.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The number of homes under construction, for instance, dropped early this year to a 5 ½-year low.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Huge housing developments are under construction across the city, including thousands of homes on the old steelworks site in Llanwern.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

And we use fitted when we speak of someone whose clothes are, shall we say, under construction: Alice was fittedfor a new dress.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner