construction
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The Obama center’s opening is roughly five years behind what was originally planned after preservationists and activists slowed construction in court.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Dredging was licensed in 2021 with the vast majority of what is removed being used by the construction industry for building materials.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The digital infrastructure company guided for weaker first-quarter revenue than Wall Street was expecting and said it would raise $900 million to fund data-center construction with a common stock offering priced at $19 a share.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
The agency, known as LACAHSA, bills itself as a one-stop shop for affordable housing financing with offers of construction loans, permanent loans, rental subsidies and other types of funding products.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 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
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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