prefabricate

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Recent Examples of prefabricate The pieces are prefabricated within the space of two weeks. Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 20 Apr. 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
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • From the 1960s through the early 2000s, developers constructed malls at a breakneck pace, far exceeding sustainable demand.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elanco's move jumpstarts the OneHealth Innovation District, a partnership with Purdue to build an advanced science hub.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Switzerland, like Germany, built its 20th-century industrial economy on training and valuing all types of workers—those that work with their hands and those that work at a desk.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, prosecutors proved that Javice had fabricated the vast majority of those customers, with the actual number being fewer than 300,000.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Right now Israel’s identity is being fabricated by those who hate her by a barrage of misinformation in the media—especially social media.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And, in a break with the past, the VDMA is now expressing support for erecting countervailing tariffs when foreign products are found to be made with the support of government subsidies.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The building, erected between 2005 and 2007, has drawn loiterers, break-ins, litter and other signs of vagrancy and neglect since CVS permanently closed the location in April 2022.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • All the while, the enchanted garden where Travis would get down on one knee was being assembled outside of his and Swift’s house.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The trailer shows Hemsworth’s Geralt assembling an army of adventurers to track down his former Witcher apprentice Ciri (Freya Allan).
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ratcliffe’s cost-cutting regime, designed to make United profitable again, epitomises that financial landscape.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Levi's 311 Shaping Skinny Jeans Skinny jeans can be uncomfortable, but these ones from Levi’s are specifically designed with a tummy panel that smooths your mid-section and a stretchy fabric that hugs your curves.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Indiana Dunes National Park, made up of 15,000 acres in northwest Indiana, became the country’s 61st national park in February 2019, just after the last federal government shutdown.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Pediatric cancer research has been historically underfunded, the Children’s Cancer Foundation says, making up less than 10% of the federal cancer research budget.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Malone once had thriving factories and mills where residents manufactured paper, pants, and slippers, but over the decades those jobs had disappeared.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly all of the products are manufactured in Europe from Italian and Japanese fabrics.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Prefabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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