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

New speed detectors in construction work zones Under Assembly Bill 289, California will launch a pilot program that uses new speed detectors in highway work zones to improve safety. —Sacbee.com, 4 Jan. 2026

Benjamin said the costs rose as deterioration in the building accelerated, partly because of the lengthy delay in construction during the pandemic, construction prices rising due to inflation and the painstaking lining up of financing. —Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026

Why is our tax money wasted on preying on workers in construction, agriculture, health care and grocery stores? —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026

Fort Worth attorney Joe Tolbert, who specializes in construction law and is not involved in the case, said there is a clear line between poor business practices and criminal fraud. —Nicole Nielsen, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for in construction

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