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present tense third-person singular of construct
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constructs

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noun

plural of construct

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Recent Examples of constructs
Verb
Through artifacts spanning 5,000 years, the exhibition constructs an extraordinary history of fashion and the body—material, carnal, vulnerable, seductive, devotional, fragmented—and its transpositions into various expressive languages. — Judith Clark, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026 Hur judiciously constructs scene after scene that pulls and pushes the various probes closer to and further from the mysterious truth, which feels at once obscured and hidden in plain sight. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 The film instead passively constructs Tessa’s world as a colorblind one, in which racial difference simply never comes up. — Beandrea July, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026 QCi constructs photonic systems that operate at ambient temperature. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 However, environmental and geopolitical concerns remain high as China constructs a massive 60-gigawatt dam downstream in Medog County. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 The Yale startup, which constructs quantum computers, was acquired in January for $550 million by D-Wave, a leading quantum business based in Palo Alto, Calif. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026 The mRNA is then read by a piece of molecular machinery called the ribosome, which constructs the protein — a process called translation. — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026 The way a child constructs and engages with the scene can help the therapist explore underlying emotions and unconscious themes. — Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constructs
Verb
  • The British-American actress plays Hannah, a music student who devises a fake dating scheme with hockey star Garrett (Belmont Cameli) to catch the attention of her crush, Justin (Josh Heuston).
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • Six men are eaten by the Cyclops before Odysseus devises a plan to escape from the cave they are trapped in.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • While Calvinism, weaving, deeply repressed sexuality, and passages in Scottish Gaelic don’t exactly sound like the ingredient list for a riot, Stuart builds a rich universe from these seemingly spartan forms.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The brand builds from what the customer has already chosen to share.
    — Stephanie Copeland Weber, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For much of the post-9/11 era, Muslims appeared in American culture as abstractions.
    — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • These numbers are not abstractions, and trust may be the nonprofit sector’s most valuable currency.
    — Brian Peckrill, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ill-advisedly, Wladyka introduces imaginary sequences in which Haru invents dance numbers out of ordinary situations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But local execution cannot mean every market invents its own way of doing things.
    — Jeffery Khoury, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Much like an engine compresses fuel before ignition, FLARE first assembles the fuel to high density before delivering a separate, rapid burst of energy to trigger fusion.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • For example, an agent assembles a renewal quote and flags the risks.
    — Katherine Kostereva, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The MemoMind One’s summaries were particularly strange and vague, with awkward and nonsensically arranged concepts strung together with flowery horoscope-like language.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The idea that a fitness club should feel closer to hospitality than a conventional gym is also emerging at newer Paris concepts.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The new film continues the story of the conclusion of Holland’s third Spider-Man film, where Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) concocts a spell to make everyone forget Peter as a way to save the multiverse.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Driver’s character concocts a way for the duo to start an environmental business together as Russians, largely the mafia, are involved in recalibrating a canal in New York City.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Cody erects impenetrable emotional walls around him that deny him from asking for help and creating community.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Constructs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constructs. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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