Example Sentences

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The transaction happened off market through a developer who had constructed a new, contemporary build in place of the traditional home that stood there when Jennifer Lopez previously owned it.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

By contrast, Mr. Kara provides more information about the captives’ journeys from Africa’s interior to its western coast, where European traders had constructed massive stone castles and forts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

They had constructed two arenas, a cafe and a toilet block and the centre was being powered by solar panels and was beginning to be profitable.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2024

This maternal- or paternal-originated expression bias is the signature of intragenomic conflict, and the researchers said it appeared more often than it would have if they had constructed the networks with randomly selected genes.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

The people of Chutreaux had constructed the longest, widest, highest, and most beautiful cathedral in all of France.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay