prefabricate

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Recent Examples of prefabricate The lodges are simple and prefabricated — no permanent new structures are allowed in the nature reserve — but well designed and positioned to make the most of mountain views. Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 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, 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 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 See All Example Sentences for prefabricate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricate
Verb
  • Members maintain the club's 129-year-old building, construct new stretches of track and fix each other's trains.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Testing quantum sensing before launch Infleqtion will now construct an initial sensor head and an electronics engineering unit.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Gates officially open Monday, August 31, but just over half of the attendees will arrive earlier to build the big art installations and other features of the temporary city.
    Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Netflix long vowed to build growth rather than buy it, but more recently it's gotten a taste for M&A.
    Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • GPTZero investigation published 14 May 2026 found 16 of 27 citations fabricated, misattributed, or broken, including references to Forbes, McKinsey, Gartner, TechCrunch, and WIRED.
    Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The blocks were fabricated using a multimaterial 3D printer via a custom CAD simulation tool.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Coastal Commission signed off on the project a few years ago, after tussles over low-cost housing provisions during the course of erecting yet another luxury hotel.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In 2021, Parton asked Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would have allowed a statue of her to be erected on the grounds of the state Capitol.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This does, however, seem to be another case of the Netflix name being able to assemble and pay a big-name cast for relatively lackluster results.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Engineers have assembled a prototype air-cooling rig to test the passive safety systems.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Unsurprisingly, the formulas speak the same language, pairing nourishing, botanical-forward ingredients (like sunflower oil and rosemary extract) with lightweight textures designed to hydrate, smooth, and style without piling on the weight.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In the last decade or so, football on every level has implemented rules designed to reduce the type of hits that used to sell the sport, but now would be a penalty or an ejection.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Under Option 1, Black residents would make up 20% of the West zone's population and white residents would be 66%.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia's revenue upside, however, stands to more than make up for the memory squeeze.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In Wyoming, Hammack recounted her recent visit with a group of manufacturing plant workers in Erie, Pennsylvania.
    Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Standard Nuclear will manufacture and deliver the TRISO fuel under the binding agreement.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Prefabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricate. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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