structure
noun
mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents.
has structured
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present perfectof structure (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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Sinclair has structured its takeover proposal to require no external financing, with the goal of bringing down Scripps’s debt load, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
The Murdoch family has structured a reported $3.3-billion settlement to buy out the stakes of James Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch and Prudence MacLeod.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
The union has structured its walkout in a way that has allowed the companies keep making pickup trucks and large SUVs, their top-selling and most profitable vehicles.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Rouvali has structured his life so that he can spend as many weekends as possible on his farm, about 20 minutes outside Tampere, in the southwest of Finland.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
It’s probably the result of the way evolution has structured our brain.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
