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erections

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plural of erection

as in structures

something put together by arranging or connecting an array of parts when it was brand-new, the Eiffel Tower was considered as ugly an erection as Europe had ever seen

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Modern airborne geophysical surveys can map subsurface structures that older methods could not detect.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
A lot of the objects that were made out of Secondary have to do with structures that are enacted by the body, like a power rack, for example.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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