How to Use under construction in a Sentence
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The space is now under construction and expected to be ready at the end of 2025.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Two hundred of the projects are in the planning phase and 171 are under construction.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
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The mega-project has cost more than $1 billion so far and has been under construction for more than a decade.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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The 3,800-seat venue is part of a larger complex that has been under construction for the better part of the last decade.
—Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
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That agreement was meant to give Michigan City time to plan while the new prison was under construction.
—Casey Smith, IndyStar, 22 Aug. 2025
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The $100 billion plant would dwarf the one now under construction in Southeast Boise.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 24 Apr. 2025
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The Hollywood store on the Intracoastal has been in the works since 2018 and is now under construction.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
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Almost 25 million square feet of warehouse space was under construction in the Fort Worth area at the end of March.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
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But a slew of new lab space was already under construction.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
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Bass Pro Shops has a store under construction in Grand Prairie that’s expected to open in 2024.
—Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
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In a twist that augured perhaps the production wasn’t out of the woods yet, a small fire broke out on set while a stage was under construction.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
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The strike took place in an area on the outskirts of Irbil city near a U.S. Consulate building that is under construction.
—Niha Masih, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
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At the time, the plant was under construction on a $5 billion expansion.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
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The south end of Kyle Field is currently under construction, leaving only 75 yards worth of field for the spring game to be played on.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
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More units are under construction – but are well behind schedule and now mired in red tape.
—Nick Watt, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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The new building is located in Brownsville, Texas, and has been under construction since late 2024.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2025
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At the time of the survey, about four blocks of the 16th Street Mall had been delivered, but another nine were still under construction or about to be torn up.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
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Skeletal remains were found in the basement of a house under construction in Queens, New York on Monday.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
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The couple have been renting since the loss of their home, and the $2 million prize will go toward their new house under construction in Ottumwa, Neubauer said.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 29 June 2023
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The campus is still under construction and is the first new comprehensive high school to open in Alameda County in the last 50 years.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
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The yard has delivered four hulls in the past six years, with two more currently under construction.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2024
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The first 19 gates in the new terminal, now under construction, are expected to open by late summer of next year.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
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At least 10 died in the Thai capital, where a high-rise under construction collapsed.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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According to the Roden Crater website, the site remains under construction and is not open to the public.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
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Part of my apartment complex is still under construction, and I’ve been treated to all the sights, sounds, and smells that come with making a space livable.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 24 Sep. 2023
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An apartment complex under construction in Denver went up in flames five days ago.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
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When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
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Four of the 23 projects have already opened to residents and five more are under construction.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
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The first sections are complete, but an all-new building with 50 more apartments is under construction now.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
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The bride-to-be, meanwhile, flew to Paris to perform while the masterpiece was under construction.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
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