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Origin of sheeting
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The often-expansive data-center buildings typically have steel frames made up of wall pillars, roof joists and roof sheeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
In the early hours of Saturday, workers hung long plastic sheeting from the structure, obscuring the removal of the letters.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The external walls of the soaring residential towers were covered in bamboo scaffolding and wrapped in netting and plastic sheeting.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
The script works in as many callbacks as possible: spooky mannequins under plastic sheeting, tacky parade floats with giant fiberglass clams, Hewitt hollering her memorable line: “What are you waiting for?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
I sit straight up, throwing off the sheeting.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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