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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Losses in manufacturing Goods-producing industries lost a net 2,000 positions for the month, with natural resources and mining off 5,000 and manufacturing down 3,000, offset by a gain of 6,000 in construction.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Experts for Denver Water — the project’s manager, the engineer who designed the dam, and a federal official overseeing the project — testified that any lengthy pause in construction would increase the risk that a catastrophic weather or seismic event would overcome the incomplete structure.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Columbia, for one, has seen an increase in construction, with more properties such as townhomes built in the last few years, according to South Carolina's The State publication.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 15 May 2025
That has led to a surge in construction eastward on I-70, northeast on I-76 and northward on I-25.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Experts for Denver Water — the project’s manager, the engineer who designed the dam, and a federal official overseeing the project — testified that any lengthy pause in construction would increase the risk that a catastrophic weather or seismic event would overcome the incomplete structure.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Columbia, for one, has seen an increase in construction, with more properties such as townhomes built in the last few years, according to South Carolina's The State publication.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 15 May 2025
That has led to a surge in construction eastward on I-70, northeast on I-76 and northward on I-25.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
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“In construction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20construction. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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