construction
noun
the act or art of constructing.
preconstruction
-
a word derived from
construction.
Example Sentences
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He noted that international buyers account for a large portion of the South Florida market—nearly half of those for new construction, preconstruction and condo-conversion sales, according to the Miami Association of Realtors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
The county has allocated $134 million for the designs and preconstruction work — $95 million for the Hall of Administration and roughly $40 million for the two others, she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
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
