1
as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
he managed to construct a theory that fits all the facts
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2
as in to build
to form by putting together parts or materials
constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river
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as in concept
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Recent Examples of construct
Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
After spending time building the necessary skills for the project, the group actually constructed the robot in just one semester for their senior design class.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
That doesn't appear to have been the case with the dire wolf constructs, said Shapiro, who told USA TODAY that none of the animals used in Colossal's dire wolf program suffered undue pain.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Past skirmishes with Pakistan had allowed Modi to construct a triumphalist narrative of strength that played to his domestic audience.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
After spending time building the necessary skills for the project, the group actually constructed the robot in just one semester for their senior design class.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Noun
This type of future construct can be achieved, but only if senior leaders recognize the urgency and benefits of harnessing experienced talent, the very people who are currently being overlooked or packaged out.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
That doesn't appear to have been the case with the dire wolf constructs, said Shapiro, who told USA TODAY that none of the animals used in Colossal's dire wolf program suffered undue pain.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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Directors: Scout Purdy & Doug Purdy After a series of revelations, 15-year-old Joe devises a plan to cure her teen angst: a month-long pilgrimage filled with communication issues, terrible survival skills, and zero Wi-Fi—AKA a summer hiking trip with her father.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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Cabinet secretaries were sidelined, and staff members devised elaborate strategies to avoid placing him in situations that might expose his decline.—
Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
21 May 2025
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Karl, 17, appeared on the first-team bench in the Bundesliga this season and will probably spend the next few years building experience at senior level away from Bayern.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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These are people who work hard, pay taxes, build communities and believe in the American dream.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
Noun
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For instance, many of my coachees/leaders who have grown vertically on their own weren’t familiar with this concept until they were introduced to it in their organization’s professional development program.—
Liz Guthridge,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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During this period, pride was often found capitalized and linked to the Christian concept of the seven deadly sins.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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Sydney Sweeney is an aspiring country singer who concocts a risky scheme to get some cash in the trailer for Americana.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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While conspiracy theorists were busy concocting arguments for why the Dallas Mavericks, with only a 1.8 percent chance, landed the No. 1 pick and the opportunity to draft star Cooper Flagg, a different cloud hung over Chicago.—
Darnell Mayberry,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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My daughter's charcoal box was assembled by mixed media artist Nikoli Shaver and included a graphite starter kit, a small pack of media-appropriate paper, an eraser, charcoal pencils, and more.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
17 May 2025
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After the wild third act in Final Destination Bloodlines, the credits begin to roll with a view of the newspaper clippings that Stefanie assembled.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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That 18 months spans the process from conception of the idea to a new product being on the market.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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And my reliance on Chatty won’t stop at conception.—
Anonymous,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
Verb
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And what if an amazing Jewish émigré scientist—Richard Dreyfuss, say—had already invented the technology?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Ronaldo’s post on social media on Monday, when Al Nassr played the final match of their season, then created more conversation.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Defense created easy offense and in the halfcourt, the ball skipped around.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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“Construct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/construct. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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