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as in devising
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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as in building
to form by putting together parts or materials
constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river
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Recent Examples of constructing
Monument Health plans to use the bond proceeds for acquiring, constructing, renovating, expanding and equipping various health care facilities in the Black Hills region, according to a public notice of the bonding package.
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Joshua Haiar, States Newsroom, 9 Jan. 2026
Chipotle Mexican Grill is constructing its athletic roster for 2026.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
In Santa Rosa, Cosmic Buildings is constructing Prasanna Vasudavan's new home.
—Kenny Choi, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Ceramic clays tend to be earthen clays, primarily used when constructing dishware or decorative pottery.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Fisk developed a modular system of constructing old tenement fronts to place at the face of buildings that’ve been modernized and power-washed over decades.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
The plans for the Western Gateway Pipeline include constructing a new line from the Texas Panhandle town of Borger to Phoenix.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Jasko and business partner Brian Zelman are also constructing a 40-unit addition to their Bloomfield apartment complex, the Residences at Wash Brook.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Our chairs are for sitting on, not for constructing elaborate forts.
—Eddie Small, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constructing
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Companies are actively devising strategies to counteract muscle loss in people taking the drugs.—
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Sondheim got to work at eight o’clock one night, devising a version of the murder game in which all the players would have to use their wits to untangle the mystery.—
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So when winter arrived once again, bringing with it the heavy snowfall Minnesota is known for, the idea of building an igloo naturally came up.—
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The bill now sits in the Senate, where pressure is building for a bipartisan compromise.—
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So is facing a deluge of division title-winners who spent the offseason concocting new ways to beat them.—
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Notably, the computers seem to have a knack for concocting bizarre physics experiments — designs that humans wouldn’t think of, which nevertheless work.—
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Whereas Herbert is 0-2 in Chargers postseason games, Maye is making his first postseason appearance for the New England Patriots after assembling a most valuable player-caliber season.—
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To suppress Americans peacefully assembling to protest his policies?—
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Some unnamed Chicago bartender in the early 1880s had the improbable idea of taking a Whiskey Sour and adding a little red wine to the top, inventing in a bizarre flash of insightone of the great warm weather whiskey drinks of our time.—
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For Gen Z, that could mean inventing new career paths, blending skills across disciplines, or building opportunities rather than waiting for traditional ladders to reappear.—
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In a completely different approach, Meta has started erecting tent-like structures to house servers to get their data centers online faster.—
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In a flurry of recent activity, the city has been installing payment kiosks, erecting informational signs, compiling the license plate numbers of park volunteers and establishing a website for frequent-user permits and city-resident discounts.—
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Craig had to have his key staff lined up by May 1, some 5,000 library books ordered by July 1, not to mention getting a faculty for 500 students, designing a curriculum, selecting and ordering texts, even down to designing application forms, catalogs, etc.—
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Majestic Labs is designing an AI system for inference with 128 terabytes of memory, or about 100 times more memory than some current AI systems, Rabii said, adding that the company plans to eschew HBM memory for lower-cost options.—
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Garcia was last seen making a purchase at a local grocery store — identified by CBS affiliate KREM as a Rosauer's — in the evening hours of July 6, 2016, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).—
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Barra says the focus now is on making cars more affordable, incorporating artificial intelligence and new technology like Google Gemini to make the vehicles safer and appealing to the consumer.—
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“Constructing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constructing. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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