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present tense third-person singular of construct
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constructs

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plural of construct

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Recent Examples of constructs
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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 Director Geethu Mohandas constructs the world as one built on competing loyalties, betrayal and personal redemption. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 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 American Men dives into the lives of four men and explores how each of them constructs their relationship to masculinity. Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Along with screenwriter Ed Solomon, Soderbergh also constructs the ideal showcase for two separate generations of British actors to cook. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constructs
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  • 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
  • Chinese tech companies are pushing to integrate AI and coding tools into smart glasses as a global debate builds over the devices’ privacy and security implications.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Those pollutants can irritate the lungs, worsen asthma, and form ground-level ozone, the main ingredient in smog, which builds quickly in the heat of a Mid-South summer.
    Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Values on a wall ask people to interpret abstractions, while stories carry judgment and understanding inside them.
    Bryan Adams, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The film is downright Tarkovskian for its initial hour, unspooling through eerie abstractions that heighten its lingering domestic turmoil.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Increasingly, success depends not on who invents first, but on who can manufacture, deploy and scale those innovations most effectively.
    Ariyan Kabir, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Yet history reminds us that technological leadership is rarely determined solely by who invents it first.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The mystery comedy feature Defensive follows Clarence (McCartney), an overly aggressive basketball fanatic who assembles an unlikely team of amateur detectives to stop a corrupt businessman from destroying their beloved community center.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Progress Center assembles the workhorse vehicle for Russia, the Soyuz-2 vehicle, as well as the newer Soyuz-5 rocket.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For example, most receivers travel 12 to 14 yards on seven-step concepts, but Jefferson’s stride length can take him farther up the field.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Osteopathic medical education intentionally integrates biomedical, clinical, health systems and biomechanical sciences, and concepts aligned with complexity science into a coherent framework for physician formation.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 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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