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verb

past tense of prefabricate
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Adjective
  • The speed at which these homes can be constructed, often taking advantage of local labor, make prefab housing a sound solution for housing crises around the country.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026
  • The future is beautifully designed There’s a bit of a prefab vibe to certain aspects of Woven City, particularly the brutalist residential buildings.
    TIm Stevens, ArsTechnica, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Then with five seconds to go before intermission, Watts found the back of the net as Notre Dame constructed an 8-7 lead at the break.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
  • The venue was a casually magnificent stone building, constructed in the fifteenth century as a Dominican convent, on a promontory overlooking a sparkling bay.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • The batteries inside utility-scale storage facilities are built to far stricter standards, sited under the most rigorous fire code in the country, and monitored 24/7.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026
  • In our case, the water tank for the toilet flush was built into this metal support frame.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • To give the works a veneer of legitimacy, the defendants fabricated detailed ownership histories, claiming the pieces had passed through private collections tied to the artists, or through galleries and corporate collections that no longer exist.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Others have been disputed or even fabricated.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • At least two memorials have been erected in Williams’ honor, including one at the site of the crash and another at her school.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • The statue, which includes a Banksy signature on its base, was erected overnight on Wednesday.
    Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • The United States entered the war with the M3 Lee-Grant, which was hastily assembled when the war broke out and shipped abroad as part of the Lend-Lease program.
    Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
  • Instead, Feldman has assembled a demanding lineup that will require the Playhouse to operate on a larger scale than ever before.
    Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • All three discs are manufactured using DX plastic, which offers a comfortable grip and reliable performance in a variety of weather conditions.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • They’re manufactured locally from Jolly Good in Santa Monica.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Originally designed as a response to the Black Lives Matter protests and a call to keep armed police officers out of the Metro system, the agency deployed roughly three hundred ambassadors to stations and transit vehicles in the city’s core.
    Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • The Dodgers dropped outfielder Kyle Tucker to sixth in the lineup Friday, in a batting order Roberts said was designed to combat Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
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“Prefabricated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricated. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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