construction
noun
the act or art of constructing.
preconstruction
-
a word derived from
construction.
Example Sentences
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In 2024, he proposed a data-center and energy project in Alberta that is still in the preconstruction phase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The state Department of Water Resources has asked MWD to provide about 47% of the $300 million in planning and preconstruction costs, with 17 other water agencies funding the remainder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
Nearly a dozen companies are working on wind farm preconstruction off the New Jersey coastline.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
In a 2020 paper, they reported that water was mixing there at 89 times the preconstruction rate.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022
In a system where every position proceeds from a scientific preconstruction, a power acting exclusively in length, would be magnetism by virtue of our own definition of the term.
From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
