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verb

past tense of prefabricate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricated
Adjective
  • As a result, this prefab coastal college is airy and bright.
    Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The retailer is selling a sleek, solar-ready prefab tiny house that folds out in hours and feels shockingly spacious once expanded—all for under $11,000.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The current record is held by Sven Goebel, also from Germany, who constructed a 9-foot-6-inch tower made from 70,000 beer coasters in 2004.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • About 91% of office buildings constructed since 2000 are leased.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Rose limited Hernandez to just three shots and four points in the first half as the Tritons built a 32-29 halftime lead.
    Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 25 Jan. 2026
  • An external receiver, potentially built into a wearable device, detects the signal from up to two feet away.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Micro-robots and devices To demonstrate practical applications, the team fabricated several working devices.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Deniers claim that the gas chambers never existed and that the Holocaust is either grossly exaggerated or fabricated out of whole cloth.
    Elliott Broidy, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Klapper said the structure was erected inside the Rhein-Center shopping mall and was originally intended to challenge the record for the largest drink coaster construction ever built.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The former policy was the only compassionate response to unsanitary and unsafe lean-to and tents and other makeshift shelters illegally erected on public property such as parks or sidewalks or on empty lots.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Not wanting to disappoint, but short on ingredients, Cardini quickly assembled some romaine lettuce, anchovies, breadcrumbs, and some other ingredients.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the parts for such houses are assembled in a factory, like a car, then hauled to the property and put together.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The following sections will outline how spider-silk leather is being developed, manufactured, tested, and implemented, as well as how close this technology is to becoming a mainstream automotive material.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But HOCl is also manufactured, with scientists using electrolysis to break down saltwater solutions, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    Erica Sweeney, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Front and center for the look was a blue corset worn as part of the custom Jean Paul Gaultier guest designed by Ludovic de Saint Serni look Charli wore to the 2025 Grammy Awards, per her stylist Chris Horan’s Instagram story.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This new era will be defined by regional power blocs, industrial policy as national security and supply chains designed for trust, not just cost.
    Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Prefabricated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricated. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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