construct
verb (used with object)
has constructed
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present perfectof construct (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Dahlia Lithwick: Judge VanDyke has constructed a reputation for himself as the judiciary’s most decorum-shredding troll.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
Ms. Mumenthaler has constructed her character study with subtly expressionistic imagination, deploying an enveloping, finely tuned sound design and finding a transporting musical motif in Holst’s “The Planets.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
To appreciate the long-term advantage that quality stocks enjoy, consider the performance of two hypothetical portfolios that AQR Capital Management has constructed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
Hnath has constructed “A Doll’s House, Part 2” as a modern comedy of ideas, divided into a series of confrontations in which characters get to thrash out different perspectives on their shared history.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
Farmer has constructed his life around this second kind of triage.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
