construct
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New Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced in the summer a package of support , externalmeasures including grant funding to construct reservoirs and irrigation infrastructure.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Large areas were planted with maize, while enormous quantities of earth were moved to construct mounds topped by temples and residences for leaders.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“He engages the white construct in a way that’s intelligent and everything, and then I see this commercial where he’s sitting there playing Aretha Franklin and he’s dancing a jig,” he said.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
It also means erasing the construct of Hal’s consciousness that has guided John since his mentor died.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
That night in her room, Seven reinforced the wards her parents had helped her construct at her window.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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It is under that authority, and consistent with the long sweep of history, that the president constructs the ballroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
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
They remain strangers to the way of life the academic constructs so well on paper.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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What is it about tailoring itself that continues to fascinate you, and do you see pleasure in the discipline and restraint of a perfectly constructed garment?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Like Mississippian societies, Safety Harbor communities formed smaller chiefdoms and constructed flat-topped mounds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mr. De los Santos’s dense text, which alternates between Spanish and English, is constructed to convey a lot of information, which often leaves Mr. Sosa’s pleasantly tonal score in a subordinate position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The argument they’re advancing, as I can tell, is constructed out of preemption vapors.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Farmer has constructed his life around this second kind of triage.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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F1 pulls it off by constructing a bubble where almost everyone observes the fiction that they are still in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Rather than constructing the desired quantum states one small piece at a time, their method can perform a wide variety of operations much faster.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
He said that principle was essential to "constructing an economy that is fit for the 21st Century".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Remember, this is one tight, well-connected, emotional ball I’m constructing here.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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