prefabricates

verb

present tense third-person singular of prefabricate
as in pieces

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricates
  1. pieces
  2. builds
  3. sets up
  4. constructs
  5. designs
  6. makes up
  7. assembles
  8. erects
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  • As Sullivan pieces those holdovers from the previous regime together with his first full free agency class in 2027 and a second draft class, the roster could really start to come together in another year.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • Bieber poses in matching bras and underwear with little beyond the seamless background, straightforward lighting and the cotton pieces themselves in the frame.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Definition of pieces
Verb
  • Feeding results back to employees and visibly acting on them builds trust.
    — Gary Zammit, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Idol is looking to get Michael Kors’ sales from about $3 billion back to $4 billion, while Jimmy Choo builds from $600 million to $800 million.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Definition of builds
Verb
  • Whoever wins the Republican runoff sets up a high-profile, big-money matchup.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 16 June 2026
  • But the decision sets up a circuit court split with rulings from the fifth and eighth circuits.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of sets up
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  • The Yale startup, which constructs quantum computers, was acquired in January for $550 million by D-Wave, a leading quantum business based in Palo Alto, Calif.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
  • The mRNA is then read by a piece of molecular machinery called the ribosome, which constructs the protein — a process called translation.
    — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026
Definition of constructs
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  • Fukasawa, who is famous for his Wall-Mounted CD Player for Muji and Hiroshima chair for Japanese firm Maruni, also designs products for Alessi.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
  • Some build it for others, like K2 Space, which designs unusually large, low-cost satellite buses sized for the heavy lift Starship is meant to unlock.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of designs
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  • The bank estimates running makes up about 12% of Adidas’ group sales, with the category growing 28% in the first quarter of 2026.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • The battery life errs more on the average side and lacks magnetic charging, but the $200 Fourth of July discount makes up for it.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
Definition of makes up
Verb
  • An employee assembles a long-range drone in a workshop of the Fire Point company which manufactures FP-1 deep-strike drones and FP-2 strike drones in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 29, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • In terms of overall quality, the movie the player assembles out of that 652-page framework isn’t bad!
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of assembles
Verb
  • The university erects a study tent inside K-Ville with desks and power strips to charge laptops and phones.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • This approach still erects a financial barrier for the hundreds of thousands of San Diego County residents who have supported Balboa Park institutions for generations.
    — Judy Gradwohl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of erects
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