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construct

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


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The technology allowed them to construct detailed 3D images without damaging the preserved soft tissue.

From Science Daily Sep. 24, 2026

Spielberg’s vision also reportedly included more than $7 million worth of renovations, as well as plans to construct a 2,400-square-foot guesthouse and a three-story guardhouse.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

The team then used observed changes in land use to construct counterfactual scenarios.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

The gangs depend on secretive “builders” who meticulously construct skimming devices that even diligent merchants can miss, investigators say.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

The young men raced about the field attempting to construct their separate towers.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The world is in chaos in “Exit Party,” and so are the constructs of reality and linear time.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The ecosystem does not wait for evidence; it constructs a narrative framework into which evidence, if it ever appears, can be slotted later.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

He and Erkılıç have achieved international acclaim for their team’s decades of foundational experimentation collaborating with dataset intelligences at the AI frontier, as well as for architecturally-scaled, narratively engaged visual embodiments of abstract technological constructs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

The largest was unfinished and made from unplastered cement blocks with a tin roof, while two were just lean-to constructs of roofing sheets with nothing more, and the last an open, untidily thatched hut.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Haak: I’ve been watching this building being constructed for the past two years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

It is hard to make much of Richard Long’s “Battery Park,” a photograph of a rectangular trench and a sod-covered mound that the artist constructed in Lower Manhattan in 1969.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

If you are looking to by a newly constructed home, builders are offering a variety of incentives, as Aarthi Swaminathan reported.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Trump and his chosen leaders of the Kennedy Center have argued that its main building, which was constructed in the 1960s, is in a state of dangerous disrepair.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Convinced that the best way to deliver his mines during wartime would be by submarine, he constructed a hand-powered, wooden, underwater vessel large enough to accommodate one operator.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

This isn’t about optimizing every meal, spending three hours prepping identical containers or constructing the sort of Sunday routine that makes you feel behind when you inevitably skip it.

From Salon Sep. 22, 2026

The arts center was founded by acclaimed Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who Florenz said has proposed constructing a permanent building for the coffins.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

In the corridors of Brussels, there's whispered talk of constructing a "special association agreement" with Canada.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Navy are unlikely, given congressional opposition to constructing naval ships overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The Renaissance view of nature as a machine...is based on the human experience of designing and constructing machines.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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