construction
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The tech industry had been caught off guard by growing public protests around the physical manifestation of AI technology—whether it was the construction of AI data centers or use of Flock cameras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Police in China's Shaanxi province say they have detained a 47-year-old man for damaging a government building with "construction machinery" on Monday afternoon.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
OpenAI is involved in the construction of a massive data centre on the outskirts of Sydney.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
One of the legal challengers, a group dedicated to preserving a historic church in the region, said it was disappointed by Monday’s decision but would keep fighting the construction in court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
It functioned in this way until 1960, when it was torn down to make room for new construction in a thriving new Germany.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The first symphony begins with auroral ascensions for strings that swerve suddenly to starkly geometric constructions, almost a sonic Lego.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The golf club would front constructions costs as a "gift" to Americans and local residents, according to the letter.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The clouds were made in the Netherlands by a firm with a history of building steel ship hulls that now specializes in building complex steel constructions like the clouds using digital data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Cappelleri also pointed out that despite their different constructions, the RSP ETF and the Dow often arrive at very similar results.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
The really remarkable cases are those of prospective discovery, since they straightforwardly refute the claim that all discoveries are necessarily retrospective constructions.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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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