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adjective

as in prefab

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verb

past tense of prefabricate
as in constructed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricated
  1. prefab
  2. constructed
  3. built
  4. fabricated
  5. erected
  6. assembled
  7. manufactured
  8. designed
Adjective
  • Riga, with its pre-Revolutionary buildings and rows of Soviet-era prefab housing blocks, provided a rather faithful replica of Russia.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Modular construction The most common type of prefab housing construction is modular.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of prefab
Verb
  • Beneath the sweeping bodywork lies a high-strength tubular spaceframe constructed from chromium-molybdenum steel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The sports ministry constructed youth-training infrastructure—gyms, pitches, courts—for Olympic sports, including basketball.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of constructed
Verb
  • Getty, meanwhile, has built a campaign around how García got into the race, casting himself as an alternative to members of the two powerful parties that dominate national politics while passing few policies at the federal level.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Her grandfather, Colin Smith, was a professional mento musician who played banjo and built rumba boxes.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of built
Verb
  • George Lutz rejected the suggestion that the entire experience was fabricated and continued to maintain that his family had encountered unexplained phenomena in the house, although some details of the story were embellished over time.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Brown’s attorneys said Doe’s claims were completely fabricated.
    — Alex Heigl, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of fabricated
Verb
  • Its first soundstages were erected in 1932, and the facility has produced some of Japan’s most iconic films.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Finland, which joined NATO in 2023 after decades of non-alignment, has erected a 120-mile fence near the Nuijamaa border crossing point.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of erected
Verb
  • Saudi Arabia assembled a coalition backing the government, waging a yearslong campaign of air bombardment that brought it international condemnation over civilian deaths.
    — AHMED HATEM, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Its latest product is a magnetic modular display system designed to be assembled quickly, packed away when not in use, and used to add up to three additional screens to a laptop.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • Nichols ran tests comparing sounds laid down on 24-track analog tape with those captured by a new 32-track digital unit manufactured by 3M, and found the latter superior.
    — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The fuel cells will be manufactured in the US by Bloom Energy and will convert natural gas into electricity through an electrochemical process.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of manufactured
Verb
  • In a move designed to attract more voters, lawmakers attached language that would place a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the Missouri Constitution.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Most conventional optical systems are designed around coherent light, such as laser beams, whose waves maintain a stable relationship with one another.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
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