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construct

[kuhn-struhkt, kon-struhkt] / kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɒn strʌkt /


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The researchers believe the bees mixed dirt with saliva to construct each tiny nest, which measured less than the size of a pencil eraser.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

To construct it, I divided all months since 1947 into four groups, depending on how each month’s trailing 12-month CPI inflation rate compared with where it stood a year previously.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

The danger is that the larger models of the future will simply construct more sophisticated patterns based on noise.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

"Presidential elections allow political entrepreneurs to bypass weak or discredited parties and construct a direct relationship with voters," she said.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

He’s got this mega-building he’s planning to construct right on Main Street.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

Heifetz is grounded in her decision by a central tenet of Earthseed, the fictional religion Butler constructs in “Parable of the Sower.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

"What you see them do is navigate a world with the constructs of capitalism," he says.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Then he secretly purchases a passel of tortoises; constructs a long-handled grabber; leans down from his balcony; extracts Alfie; and, each week, substitutes a slightly heavier impostor.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

"What we conclude is that these color qualities don't emerge from additional external constructs such as cultural or learned experiences but reflect the intrinsic properties of the color metric itself," Bujack said.

From Science Daily Feb. 23, 2026

These constructs may mock our self-importance, but approaching the world in any other way seems painfully naive.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

You might try to scoop up a bargain or avoid certain headaches by purchasing a newly constructed house.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

To better reflect those conditions, the scientists constructed a simplified microbial community containing all 25 bacterial species.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Mexico has lost just twice here in competitive matches since the stadium was constructed in 1966.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

There are also concerns about the high-rise apartments that have been constructed with some requiring repairs for safety problems.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

It slowed to a stop beside the wood platform in front of the theater, constructed especially to assist carriage riders in getting out of their vehicles and avoiding the muddy street.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Rhoads, a supplier to Navy submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat, is constructing a 95,000-square-foot high-bay submarine manufacturing and assembly facility.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Intent on finding “language that has emotional not intellectual meaning to people,” Nolan opted to use colloquial, contemporary dialogue when constructing his script rather than artificially elevated speech.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

By constructing the molecules from scratch in the laboratory, they confirmed the precise structures of secalosides A and B for the first time.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

In many ways, his life has been spent constructing a tribe.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

It is not so much a question of constructing an imitation of conditions in the wild as of getting to the essence of these conditions.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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