Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jerry-building
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During her stint as a cast member in Broadway’s Hair, Keaton was in a constant battle with her weight and overheard a cast member talking about throwing up her food.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025 -
According to 14 News, Cardin's says his wife then started throwing up after a few bites, prompting him to review the food.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Netanyahu is reportedly considering another round of strikes on Iran over concerns Tehran is rebuilding its nuclear sites.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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The rebuilding Cardinals are also fielding interest in Donovan from the San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners, though, and at Saturday’s Fenway Fest, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow sounded wary of making another trade.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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For legacy cruise brands, the name of the game is retrofitting older ships.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Dec. 2025
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Most of those projects are retrofitting existing buildings.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Dec. 2025
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By combining a rotating detonation engine with a dual-mode ramjet inlet, engineers aim to close what is often called the efficiency gap that limits the performance of current hypersonic missiles.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
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By combining a short, all-one-length cut with hair that's less bulky, the overall look is complementary to the hair's density.—
Elise Tabin,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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Since 2014, the Russian military has opened several military bases in the Arctic and worked on reconstructing airfields.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Computational algorithms then synchronize the data afterward, reconstructing a single, coherent image.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Dec. 2025
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Craig had to have his key staff lined up by May 1, some 5,000 library books ordered by July 1, not to mention getting a faculty for 500 students, designing a curriculum, selecting and ordering texts, even down to designing application forms, catalogs, etc.—
Roger Simmons,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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Majestic Labs is designing an AI system for inference with 128 terabytes of memory, or about 100 times more memory than some current AI systems, Rabii said, adding that the company plans to eschew HBM memory for lower-cost options.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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Companies are actively devising strategies to counteract muscle loss in people taking the drugs.—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
29 Dec. 2025
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Sondheim got to work at eight o’clock one night, devising a version of the murder game in which all the players would have to use their wits to untangle the mystery.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Jerry-building.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-building. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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