construct
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Concessionaires have been in Yosemite since its beginnings, as the federal government didn’t have the money to construct its own amenities in the 1850s, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“In our view, the Mag 7 is dead as a construct for assessing large-cap growth dynamics, and it has been for some time,” say strategists at Citi, led by Scott Chronert.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
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 estimate what it would cost to construct buildings of the same types today, the Journal reviewed a publicly available Defense Department cost model as well as procurement reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Empathy toward an artificial construct? he asked himself.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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"What you see them do is navigate a world with the constructs of capitalism," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Roan’s lipstick gone “awry” on her teeth brings a camp sensibility to both mock and celebrate feminine performance that resists traditional heteronormative constructs.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
In the other half, we reduced expression using "Tough Decoy" constructs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026
Now, Van der Velden is hoping for a second chance with skeptics as she constructs Tilly’s personality, behavior and conversational style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
Bechareh, she probably constructs tales as a way of mourning the loss of her family, was the collective surmise of most of the wives.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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EU trade spokesman Olof Gill said: "It is our clear understanding and expectation that the US will honor the commitments that are spelled out under the EU-US Joint Statement, whatever tariff regime is constructed."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
To the extent that this whole machinery of law and justice and representative democracy was constructed for anyone, it was constructed for you.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
China has constructed some large-scale batteries, and a trial has also taken place in Scotland.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
They took down beachside residential towers where wealthier Venezuelans from the nearby capital, Caracas, escaped for weekend getaways, and cheaply constructed low-income high-rises where Styrofoam was used as filler between cement slabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
I constructed a frame for it from tree branches and wove a mattress cover and pillowcase from the softest grasses I could find.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Forbes was also a public figure in a proposal to redevelop Fisherman’s Wharf, which envisions constructing a public plaza and adding a new overlook and lighting to the wharf’s inner lagoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Dan Diorio, vice president of state policy for the Data Center Coalition, a trade group for technology companies constructing the facilities, said data centers are efficient water users and require far less than agriculture production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
So, let’s learn a bit more about grammar, about constructing coherent sentences, which will lead to more coherent thinking.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 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
The really relevant experimental details were those which might provide clues in constructing molecular models.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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