construct
verb (used with object)
have constructed
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present perfectof construct.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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The rest goes to the corporate processors, distributors and retail giants that have constructed monopolies within America’s food market.
From MarketWatch β Dec. 23, 2025
“My own efforts during the past four decades have been dedicated to rescuing the founders from the electromagnetic field we have constructed around them,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 26, 2025
Humans have constructed various ways of working around this reality.
From Slate β Sep. 19, 2024
A team at the University of Tokyo have constructed an improved mid-infrared microscope, enabling them to see the structures inside living bacteria at the nanometer scale.
From Science Daily β Apr. 17, 2024
There are two immense words from Indo-European, gene and bbeu, each a virtual anthill in itself, from which we have constructed the notion of Everything.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
