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Recent Examples of construction The lawsuit, filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity in the Southern District of Florida, aims to pause construction at the federal site, which is being built at the reportedly unoccupied Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025 Come spring, the Ranger III carries everything from outhouses and diesel fuel for the generators to construction supplies to repair whatever damage Mother Nature did to facilities over the harsh winter. Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025 Three Dominos came out of position during construction, leaving the team to choose between forging onward with the knowledge that the tower could collapse unexpectedly at any moment, versus attempting to repair the damage and accidentally knocking the tower down in the process. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 28 June 2025 However, San Jose has struggled to keep pace, with the city failing to see a single construction start last year for market-rate multi-family developments over 20 units, making the Pleasant Hills project a potential bonus should it be constructed. Devan Patel, Mercury News, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for construction
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Noun
  • The project helped people in the industry see the potential for constructing larger structures in wood, which can be perceived as being difficult because of the rules around fire risk.
    Lucy Handley, CNBC, 15 July 2025
  • And there’s still no stadium site and no stadium financing structure.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Paul John Edited and Bold highlight different levels of peat, providing Indian interpretations of smoky and peaty malt styles.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • The treaty includes mechanisms for dispute resolution, which both India and Pakistan have used over the years to bring up complaints over technical details and differing interpretations of the treaty's language.
    Betsy Joles, NPR, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • But this conventional view overlooks a more important explanation.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
  • Thankfully, there was an entirely logical explanation, which Christain was only too happy to provide.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 8 July 2025
  • In this photo illustration, the logo of Grok 3 is displayed on smartphone screen with xAI logo in the background on February 18, 2025, in Jinan, Shandong Province of China.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The guidance encourages agencies to explore alternatives such as artificial intelligence and machine translation where minimal assistance in other languages remains appropriate.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2025
  • And, over time, fewer new European priests arrived in Kongo, making translation less necessary.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 July 2025

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“Construction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/construction. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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