under construction

idiom

: being built
The new school is now under construction.

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Before Icon of the Seas was even under construction, Wallace said, the CAVE gave the team an understanding of how the Pearl – part support structure, part art piece in the ship’s Royal Promenade – would open the space up. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 7 May 2025 Fire Station 9 is also being relocated and a new Fire Station 13 is also currently under construction because of the results of that study. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025 The decision left Connecticut with one offshore wind contract — an agreement to buy power, with Rhode Island, from Revolution Wind, which is under construction south of Block Island by Danish multinational Orsted. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025 Athena works late into the night back at her and Bobby’s home, which is under construction amid an incomplete renovation, trying to piece together what happened and avoiding calls from everyone. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for under construction

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“Under construction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20construction. Accessed 12 May. 2025.

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