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public works

noun as in government-funded construction

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Residents are paying the price in higher liability payouts and embarrassingly decrepit streets, sidewalks and other public works.

“They saw very complex stratified societies with monumental architecture and public works, but all without so-called agriculture,” she says, which they cited as a justification for colonizing “unused” lands.

“My story of growing up in an immigrant, working-class family resonates with this district because that is this district,” said Caloza, a former public works commissioner.

In Gaza, Hamas is the governing body, responsible for provision of social services and administration of public works.

From Salon

The third would make it easier for local governments to issue bonds — borrow — to build affordable housing and public works.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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