1
as in to devise
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 to build
to form by putting together parts or materials
constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river
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Recent Examples of construct
Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Thousands of people convening under the sky to hear a few talented fellow humans break their backs with a bunch of instruments, that oldest of entertainment constructs, now also feels like a radical one.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
Hugh Leask, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
That includes getting the state and local environmental permits needed to build a new marina out of scratch off the Seaquarium shores, including constructing piers on bay bottom owned by Miami-Dade.
—Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The gravitational-wave signal showed that the object left over after the collision exactly fits a theoretical construct known as the Kerr metric, which describes a rotating black hole within the bounds of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Thousands of people convening under the sky to hear a few talented fellow humans break their backs with a bunch of instruments, that oldest of entertainment constructs, now also feels like a radical one.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
The main hurdle that European CLO managers face is the ability to construct a pool of European private credit loans with enough diversity to satisfy the requirements of rating agencies.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
That includes getting the state and local environmental permits needed to build a new marina out of scratch off the Seaquarium shores, including constructing piers on bay bottom owned by Miami-Dade.
—Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for construct
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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To that end, the Charlotte Symphony commissioned Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates to devise a brief musical signature called a sonic logo for the orchestra.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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The broad international effort has built widespread support for the latest ceasefire and raised hopes that this one will last.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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Considered one of the most precise and dependable strategic weapons ever built, the Trident II remains a cornerstone of the US and UK’s nuclear deterrence forces, operated by the US Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs and the Royal Navy.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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This prefabricated container home features two bedrooms, a bathroom, and an open-concept kitchen and living space.—
Jessica Comstock,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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Instead of nurturing bold concepts through this early stage, investors are now implicitly asking that entrepreneurs crawl through it alone.—
Roman Axelrod,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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One of the smartest things the subgroup of three commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick did in concocting a 12-team CFP format was to grant automatic playoff berths to the top six conference champions (later five after the Pac-12’s collapse).—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the retaking plans had been hastily assembled, and turned out to be very lethal.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Related Stories Gimple likened the storytelling possibilities to the intricate canon of stories and characters assembled by DC and Marvel in the comic book realm.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Appropriate to the popular conception of the morose genius, Poe’s initial 1849 funeral, held amidst the October gloom, was sparsely attended.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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And yet, welcoming that idea can shock the system because our popular conception of the American Revolution is so often encased in bloodless, gallant myth.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Nobel, who died in 1896, invented dynamite.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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The nuclear age invented inspections and counting rules; the digital age can invent neutral testbeds.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Beyond offering incentives to refer platforms to others, emerging apps have also created ways to bet alongside friends, setting up leaderboards and teams of other users.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Construct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/construct. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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