prefabricate

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Recent Examples of prefabricate Walmart comes next, and then a few plants making building materials and prefabricated housing, several social service organizations and the county government. Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023 By Janet Eastman | The Oregonian/OregonLive A century before modular homes were prefabricated in factories, people could order a kit home through the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog or from a company such as Aladdin Homes, which had a factory in North Portland’s Kenton neighborhood. Jeastman, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023 Recently, Nury found one of Prouvé’s prefabricated 6 x 6 houses, from 1944, which will remain disassembled in a warehouse until, someday, a client chooses it for a special event. Kurt Soller David Chow, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023 Walmart comes next, and then a few plants making building materials and prefabricated housing, several social service organizations, and the county government. Lydia Depillis, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for prefabricate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricate
Verb
  • In total, the crews constructed three embankment dams made of dirt and stone, the highest of which was about 26 feet tall.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
  • Archaeologists rediscover 17th-century brick kiln at William & Mary A team of archaeologists at the College of William & Mary, the second-oldest university in the United States, recently rediscovered a brick kiln used to help construct the Wren Building.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • But it’s also used as a preservative in a wide variety of products, from building materials to paints and plastics.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 17 May 2025
  • So, nix that step by building a home gym that makes squeezing in a HIIT class first thing in the morning, a treadmill run at lunch or a yoga session on the fly much more doable.
    Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • As mentioned in the auction notes, the components were either restored, newly fabricated to original specs, or replaced with period-correct counterparts.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 May 2025
  • Second, whereas current frontier AIs can fabricate answers because they are trained to please humans, Scientist AI would ideally generate honest and justified explanatory hypotheses.
    Yoshua Bengio, Time, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Moscow also announced that monuments in Russia's Kursk region would be erected in honor of North Korea's soldiers fighting against Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
  • The marble memorial featuring the names of the 56 football fans who died in the fire was erected as part of these 2001 developments.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • My daughter's charcoal box was assembled by mixed media artist Nikoli Shaver and included a graphite starter kit, a small pack of media-appropriate paper, an eraser, charcoal pencils, and more.
    Adrienne So, Wired News, 17 May 2025
  • After the wild third act in Final Destination Bloodlines, the credits begin to roll with a view of the newspaper clippings that Stefanie assembled.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Most Popular Most Popular Pratt & Whitney workers entering third week of strike while preparing to lose health care Property of week: Historic home with in-ground pool and dock with water access A CT hospital is opening a new unit designed to keep people out of the emergency room.
    Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2025
  • The Trump administration agreed to not apply the machine gun ban to such devices so long as they are not designed for use with handguns.
    Nate Raymond, USA Today, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • Into the deep Below 650 feet, rays of sunlight cease to pierce the deep ocean, which makes up the planet’s largest ecosystem.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
  • The company’s patented hydrothermal technology separates and recovers polyester and cotton from blended textiles, which make up 77 percent of the global textile market.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • It is being manufactured at the Kia plant in West Point, Georgia, though only 20% of all the company's vehicle parts come from the U.S. or Canada.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • Advertisement Advertisement In the process of this cycle, the United States has lost its ability to manufacture effectively, which has contributed to the plight of the bottom 60% of U.S. earners, who have been losing ground economically and have become increasingly frustrated over many years.
    Ray Dalio, Time, 9 May 2025

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“Prefabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricate. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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