in construction

idiom

: having a job that involves building things

"What do you do for a living?" "I'm in construction."

Examples of in construction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The surge in construction of data centers and other large industrial consumers of electricity has created a gaping supply shortfall across Exelon’s territory, Butler said, and left its customers facing record-high prices. —Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026

The Portland cement commonly used in construction today was patented in 1824 by Joseph Aspdin, a British bricklayer. —Alcina Johnson Sudagar, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026

Reduced migration is hurting the state economy, while the AI boom is behind an increase in construction jobs. —Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026

There is growing interest in using robots beyond factories – in construction sites, disaster zones, logistics yards, and other unstructured settings. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for in construction

• coproduction
• deconstruction
• introduction
• liposuction
• misconstruction
• postproduction
• preconstruction
• preproduction
• reconstruction
• reproduction
• abduction
• adduction