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construction

[kuhn-struhk-shuhn] / kənˈstrʌk ʃən /




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They’re already working with 11 families with homes under construction, and have 50 more signed on to build their catalog homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Plus, we check in on the premier Democratic primary of the year and goons showing up at the Federal Reserve construction site.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Taxing buildings and land together at the same rate discourages precisely the activity cities most need, namely new construction and redevelopment.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

He described the period of new cable construction in America in the late 1970s and early 1980s in “Tinderbox,” an HBO oral history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“Don’t I wish. At this point, I’m getting black lung disease from inhaling too many construction paper molecules.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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