construction

Example Sentences

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He labors seven days a week as a construction worker, but goes out dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He doesn’t understand a lot about his job, but he understands construction of a ballroom.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

As of early 2026, no construction licences had been granted anywhere in the EU.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Also on the U.S. target list are Iran’s buried stockpiles of fissile material and its construction site beneath Pickaxe Mountain, where it later hopes to enrich the material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In the early 1980s, Lafontant supervised the construction of a much larger, two-story building in Cange, on a small hillside plateau above Highway 1.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French