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 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
Stating that recent whale strandings were “not far from where developers of hundreds of offshore wind turbines are engaged in a flurry of preconstruction activity” implied that these two unrelated phenomena are directly connected.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
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
