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Records show that Duff purchased another larger Austin dwelling in 2021: an enormous under-construction mansion that was not completed until 2022.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
She said Zack and she visited their lots recently, climbed the stairs of her under-construction home, and took in the view from a rooftop terrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Even if all the projects currently announced and under-construction proceed, the world would still fall short.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Meta has received approval for 2.3 gigawatts of power generation at its under-construction Louisiana AI supercomputer, code-named Hyperion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
He sounded fatalistic, talking less and less about college, more about his under-construction new website called Providence.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
A group of settlers was also seen alongside soldiers at a house under construction in the village.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The amount of space under construction hit a pandemic-era peak of more than 725 million square feet in the third quarter of 2022, according to Cushman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
As part of plans to address water shortages, the government and water companies are planning nine new reservoirs for England by 2050, in addition to one under construction at Havant Thicket in Hampshire.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The venue is very much under construction at the moment — what had been Lot 613 is a gutted shell and a dirt lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
At the other end, the Capitol was under construction, with scaffolding bracing the inside of its famous dome.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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