constructing

verb

present participle of construct
1
as in devising
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination he managed to construct a theory that fits all the facts

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2
as in building
to form by putting together parts or materials constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river

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Recent Examples of constructing Asante draws a manufacturing analogy—with some exaggeration—arguing that previous nuclear power plants were built bespoke, akin to constructing an entire factory to produce a single car. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 Mendoza, of the Philippine Tennis Association, told me that new public courts are being built around the country, and the government is constructing a new national tennis center. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 The Nazis appear to be constructing bunkers and fortifying machine gun nests here at the border. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Runner said the new community center is more centrally located in the city, and that purchasing existing buildings instead of constructing new ones at Mills Crossing makes more financial sense. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Klausner modeled the show’s intricate plotting on Curb Your Enthusiasm, constructing separate stories that would dovetail at the end of an episode. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026 Building America's next competitive advantage also requires investing in the workforce capable of designing, constructing, and maintaining these systems. — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Kairos has already explored several of these approaches while constructing and testing its Hermes reactor facilities. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 Targeting one of Connecticut’s wealthiest suburbs, a developer is looking to use the 8-30g law to win permission for constructing a six-story building with more than 170 apartments in the heart of Greenwich. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constructing
  1. devising
  2. building
  3. concocting
  4. assembling
  5. inventing
  6. erecting
  7. designing
  8. making
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  • Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of devising
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  • Investors have fretted that Nvidia's growth has been driven by a handful of large technology companies called hyperscalers, which are building out data centers that end up largely serving a few frontier labs such as OpenAI.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The real work is building relationships with sponsors, serving your community, speaking to thousands of people, representing a brand professionally, and showing up consistently.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of building
Verb
  • Baldoni denied wrongdoing and accused Lively of concocting false allegations as part of an effort to wrest creative control of the film.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But the proposition isn’t simply about concocting an outfit for 18 holes.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of concocting
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  • The team highlighted that the NSWC Corona controls and ships gages to the defense industrial base partners responsible for manufacturing and assembling the Trident missile.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • After heeding the call for volunteers and spent the next year assembling a team of family and students to capture the Great American Eclipse of 2024.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • His great-great-grandfather, Antonio Cansino, was widely credited with inventing modern-day Spanish dance.
    — Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Whether inventing the Bong-a-Tron or freeing themselves after hours trapped inside a Party City parking lot, these misadventures almost always hinge on weed.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventing
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  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded by erecting a 24-by-12-foot bilingual sign in Grimsby, Ontario on Saturday with the Canadian name for the lake.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Coastal Commission signed off on the project a few years ago, after tussles over low-cost housing provisions during the course of erecting yet another luxury hotel.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of erecting
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  • Others have discovered that designing an impressive concept and manufacturing a safe, reliable vehicle at scale are two very different challenges.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Adam Mosseri was called to the stand on Tuesday as part of a 2026 federal trial against Meta in which 29 state attorneys accuse the company of designing its wares to addict minors.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of designing
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  • In addition to Broadway, the show has played in nine countries across four continents since making its West End debut in 2019.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Despite that footprint, the basic cement-making process has changed relatively little since the material was invented in 1824.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of making

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“Constructing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constructing. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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