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construct

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


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Paules said Nova Cottage has one ADU project underway in Altadena and has identified potential sites to construct its first village.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 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

The May headline number alone overstates the slowdown in single-family construction, the kind of houses most public builders construct.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

The construct of volatility derivatives is not showing any signs of panic either.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

In the other half, we reduced expression using "Tough Decoy" constructs.

From Science Daily Feb. 17, 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

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

Lopez said those breaks were not related to each other or to Thursday’s fracture of the far bigger pipe in West Hollywood, which was constructed in 1916.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Like the kaleidoscopic sand mandalas constructed so devotedly by Buddhist monks—and just as ceremoniously swept away—Burning Man has been about ritualized impermanence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

For reasons that made no sense whatsoever, a sizable pool had been constructed in the center of the arena, made by laying a great sheet of plastic over a square foundation of hay bales.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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

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

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

Hawaii was also unique within Polynesia in using mass labor for aquaculture, by constructing large fishponds in which milkfish and mullet were grown.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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