1
as in devises
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
he managed to construct a theory that fits all the facts
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as in builds
to form by putting together parts or materials
constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river
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Recent Examples of constructs
Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Jan. 2026
By shuffling these more personal images with his own photographs of their rooms—draperies, windows, unmade beds, a shower stall—Xu constructs a fascinating if confounding new reality, a stage set destined to be struck.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The department plans and constructs new freeways, additional lanes and other improvements in the Phoenix area as part of the Regional Transportation Plan for the Maricopa County region.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The movie's story revolves around a feud that develops between Dano's Eli and Day-Lewis' Daniel as Daniel's company constructs large-scale oil pipelines in Eli's hometown.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Under the Navy’s modular construction plan, Electric Boat builds the submarines’ central cylindrical hull sections, while Newport News constructs the bow and stern modules.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
And Dacus, with slow-burning lyricism and diary-fragment songwriting, constructs entire emotional geographies connected by faith, heartbreak, memory, and grief.
—Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Life Time has its own development arm, started in 1998, that constructs its health and fitness facilities from the ground up or repurposes existing properties.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Gurba constructs a labyrinth of language where California poppies, childhood witchcraft and feminist rage bloom side by side.
—Ana Cristina Frías Cabrera, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
As Victor constructs his lab and assembles the Creature, the various stages of its creation are meticulously portrayed.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Jan. 2026
By shuffling these more personal images with his own photographs of their rooms—draperies, windows, unmade beds, a shower stall—Xu constructs a fascinating if confounding new reality, a stage set destined to be struck.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The department plans and constructs new freeways, additional lanes and other improvements in the Phoenix area as part of the Regional Transportation Plan for the Maricopa County region.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The movie's story revolves around a feud that develops between Dano's Eli and Day-Lewis' Daniel as Daniel's company constructs large-scale oil pipelines in Eli's hometown.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
Under the Navy’s modular construction plan, Electric Boat builds the submarines’ central cylindrical hull sections, while Newport News constructs the bow and stern modules.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
And Dacus, with slow-burning lyricism and diary-fragment songwriting, constructs entire emotional geographies connected by faith, heartbreak, memory, and grief.
—Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Life Time has its own development arm, started in 1998, that constructs its health and fitness facilities from the ground up or repurposes existing properties.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Gurba constructs a labyrinth of language where California poppies, childhood witchcraft and feminist rage bloom side by side.
—Ana Cristina Frías Cabrera, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constructs
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Tiffany Bendayan, a chef and baker in Miami, devises different ways to make the table a space where her daughters—Emily and Sofia—feel comfortable sharing just about anything.—
Karen Cicero,
Parents,
21 Dec. 2025
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Odysseus, the Ithacan warrior who is as celebrated for craftiness as Achilles is for brute strength, devises a clever ruse in which the Greeks place a giant wooden horse outside Troy’s walls and pretend to sail away.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Alex Rafalowicz, executive director of that initiative, told me the idea for a treaty builds on an International Court of Justice decision earlier this year that held nations legally responsible for curbing climate-heating pollution.—
John D. Sutter,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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The waste generated by the 3D printed builds is deposited into casts resembling large Leggo bricks.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Figures press against one another geographically, and against the polite abstractions of mid-century modernism.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
18 Dec. 2025
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The paintings are serious works of deliberate construction which read satisfactorily as abstractions not unrelated to the work of Caio Fonseca.—
Erin Parish,
Miami Herald,
5 Dec. 2025
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Blending Sufi classics, absurdist dreams, careful mathematical calculations and lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents an ingenious transnational poetics of love and longing for the digital age.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Then unlimited human creativity invents new jobs that deliver more value overall, and living standards rise.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Nvidia primarily designs its chips in California and largely manufactures and assembles them in Asia.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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As Victor constructs his lab and assembles the Creature, the various stages of its creation are meticulously portrayed.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2026
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InnoCube itself is a cooperative satellite with TU Berlin that provides an orbital testbed for emerging concepts.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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For example, this Melissa & Doug Vet Play Set is great for introducing kids to science concepts in a fun way.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
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Executive pastry chef Jess Robertson, Ian’s wife, concocts desserts ranging from $4 oatmeal cream pies to $100 banana splits.—
Mary LeBus,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Dec. 2025
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Lockjaw, obsessed with everything about Perfidia, concocts a reason to send authorities into the town where Bob and Willa are living.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Pitt’s 15-episode season, simple premise, empathetic performances, and weekly release schedule, combined with a focus on ruthlessly realistic competence, erects a new benchmark for what good TV looks like in the streaming era.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Constructs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constructs. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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