How to Use demolition in a Sentence

demolition

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  • The demolitions should be complete by the end of the year.
  • The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.
  • The demolition itself, shown about 24 minutes in to the video, took less than a minute.
    — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
  • What's next: The south garage closed to new cars over the weekend to prepare for demolition.
    — Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Then after the race, the rest of the demolition and rebuilding will start.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
  • Spared from demolition is a Catholic chapel built in the 1930s that might be preserved as a scenic structure.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • In return, the Bucks paid for the Bradley Center's demolition.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In an exclusive clip, above, viewers see Berry put her demolition skills to the test with the help of Jonathan and Drew.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2022
  • The fire broke out in part of the roof of the old natatorium during demolition, the school district said.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2023
  • When the house was slated for demolition in 2009, the Lunuganga Trust moved the structure and rebuilt it, piece by piece.
    — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The thrilling start to his Manchester City career was capped with a goal and four assists in the 6-1 demolition of Bournemouth.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • This was in the summer of 2019, when demolitions were under way.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The district said in May the demolition would take place in summer 2024 following the end of the school year, which was Monday.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • It is slated for demolition as part of the plan to build a much larger Terminal 1 over the next decade.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • Authorities still have no idea when the fire will die down, but demolition will be the next step.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The project is expected to be going out to bid soon with demolition taking place in the spring.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The other change was in demolition, which added more funding to cover more in each ward.
    — Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In the exclusive clip, the former Jeopardy! host rolls up her sleeves to take out some weeds and begin the demolition process.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Many of the schools became vacant and faced demolition over the years, Finch said, adding roughly 10% of the schools are still standing today.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The city of Detroit issued a demolition permit late last month for Adamo to take down the test cells structures.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And while some hard-core purists may wince, the demolition crew has been instructed to tear out the original brick pit.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The building was stripped to its beams for the demolition but had once been full of offices and conference rooms – and asbestos.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Salvage and demolition crews were still working around the clock to clear wreckage from the collapse site.
    — Brian Witte, Fortune, 2 May 2024
  • The project would bring about the demolition of the former Fry’s store, office and warehouse structures on the property.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The demolition , Stranix said, could mean an influx of local jobs.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
  • With the sappers making rapid progress, Stott retreated to find a place to observe the demolition.
    — Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
  • That is expensive for the town, and owners rarely pay back demolition costs.
    — Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2022
  • There’s a noticeable lack of demolition in this new show, Chip.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Tuesday's release also provides a progress update on work at the mall property; demolition on the mall interior is slated to begin in the first part of 2025.
    — Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The city of Detroit issued a demolition permit Dec. 9 for the juvenile facility.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024

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