under construction

idiom

: being built
The new school is now under construction.

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Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI, during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi on November 3, 2025. Sam Meredith,dan Murphy, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025 Evanston is the home of Northwestern University, where its former and future college football stadium Ryan Field is located, with the facility currently under construction. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 Between 2022 to 2024, an average of 642,698 square feet was under construction across the county on a quarterly basis, including a peak of more than 1 million square feet of space from April to June in 2023, the report said. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025 Earlier this year, Saiz Bilbao arrived at a dilapidated building still under construction, its entrance via a seemingly endless stretch of stairs that led to a window-less hostel. Georgiana Ralphs, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for under construction

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“Under construction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20construction. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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