in construction
idiom
: having a job that involves building things
"What do you do for a living?" "I'm in construction."
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San Diego’s unemployment rate hit a level in July not seen since 2021 with losses in construction and professional services, as well as sluggish growth in other sectors.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
However, decarbonising hard-to-abate industrial subsectors, which include steel, cement, chemicals, aluminium and other energy-intensive basic materials used in construction and manufacturing, remains technically and economically challenging.
—Ankit Mishra, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a material that can dampen street noise while being four times thinner than similar-performing absorbers used in construction.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 July 2025
One is the targeting of migrant workers — not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers — just construction workers, showing up in construction sites, raiding them.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
However, decarbonising hard-to-abate industrial subsectors, which include steel, cement, chemicals, aluminium and other energy-intensive basic materials used in construction and manufacturing, remains technically and economically challenging.
—Ankit Mishra, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a material that can dampen street noise while being four times thinner than similar-performing absorbers used in construction.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 July 2025
One is the targeting of migrant workers — not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers — just construction workers, showing up in construction sites, raiding them.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for in construction
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“In construction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20construction. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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