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prefabricated

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verb

past tense of prefabricate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricated
Adjective
  • The prefab ones benefit from a little sitting time to allow the flavors to marry.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • They were swayed by a local program launched by city-LAB UCLA, a center founded by the University of California, Los Angeles' Architecture and Urban Design Department, which included a showcase of six prefab housing options and a guide to help navigate the process and secure financing.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The intensive, weeklong building sessions named after former President Jimmy Carter and his late wife Rosalynn have constructed roughly 5,000 homes in 14 countries since 1984.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • The team constructed by former Nuggets executive Tim Connelly has ended its season twice in the last three years.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Cove Gardens, where my family lived, was a sprawling red brick rental complex built after the war for the light-industrial, service, and clerical workers who were saving up for their own houses in a better area.
    Chang-rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
  • Each bag is slightly different, all of them built to last, and the result is a bag equally at home on a boat, a beach, or a farmers’ market.
    Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 2 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
  • By Thursday afternoon, London authorities had erected barriers around the statue.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • In addition to the locals, people from all over Bavaria and beyond flocked to the small village of about 4,500 residents on Friday to watch the Maypole being erected — a custom that has been observed for centuries and is deeply rooted in Bavarian folklore.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • In the process, however, one of the big distinguishing aspects of TV – the large audiences who once assembled to watch dramas, sitcoms and reality shows – has eroded.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The material below was assembled through reporting and a survey provided to Gonez.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The walls, floors and ceilings are manufactured elsewhere, shipped as flat panels and assembled on site.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In January, Wegovy (a GLP-1) became available in pill form for as little as $150 per month; this month, the FDA approved a second pill, manufactured by Eli Lily under the brand name Foundayo.
    Rory Satran, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This asynchrony was designed to leave viewers in a disoriented state of expectation.
    Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Located on the South Lawn, the new hive is designed as a miniature White House and houses two bee colonies.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
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“Prefabricated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricated. Accessed 5 May. 2026.

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