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Recent Examples of prefabricate
Walmart comes next, and then a few plants making building materials and prefabricated housing, several social service organizations and the county government.
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Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
By Janet Eastman | The Oregonian/OregonLive A century before modular homes were prefabricated in factories, people could order a kit home through the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog or from a company such as Aladdin Homes, which had a factory in North Portland’s Kenton neighborhood.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023
Recently, Nury found one of Prouvé’s prefabricated 6 x 6 houses, from 1944, which will remain disassembled in a warehouse until, someday, a client chooses it for a special event.
—Kurt Soller David Chow, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
Walmart comes next, and then a few plants making building materials and prefabricated housing, several social service organizations, and the county government.
—Lydia Depillis, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
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Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
By Janet Eastman | The Oregonian/OregonLive A century before modular homes were prefabricated in factories, people could order a kit home through the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog or from a company such as Aladdin Homes, which had a factory in North Portland’s Kenton neighborhood.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023
Recently, Nury found one of Prouvé’s prefabricated 6 x 6 houses, from 1944, which will remain disassembled in a warehouse until, someday, a client chooses it for a special event.
—Kurt Soller David Chow, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
Walmart comes next, and then a few plants making building materials and prefabricated housing, several social service organizations, and the county government.
—Lydia Depillis, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricate
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Even in cities like New York, where nearly every square inch is already built up, developers are constantly knocking things down and constructing new buildings, giving them a chance to create a different kind of trash system.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2025
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Being transparent in this way helps build trust and demonstrates a genuine dedication to improvement.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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Former combatants in Colombia’s long-standing internal conflict are increasingly being lured to Mexico by criminal groups to train hitmen, build bombs and fight bloody turf battles.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Frustrated with cotton traders and merchants who were smuggling goods to the Confederacy and profiting from the war, the general weaponized ancient stereotypes and antisemitic tropes about Jews and money to fabricate a scapegoat.—
Time,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Both outlets now admit that Gino’s research was likely fabricated.—
Andrew Follett,
National Review,
31 May 2025
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Cardew, who was awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s prestigious Gold Medal in 2012, designed the house in 1980, two years after his post-modern complex 1500 West Georgia in Vancouver was erected and six years before his steel framework design at CN Pavilion was completed.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
11 June 2025
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Everyone sat still, watching the barren landscape outside the window strewn with orange flames leaping from the scaffoldings erected over the oil wells.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
10 June 2025
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Agentic workflows — While the first two innovations provide a better AI experience, the ability for agents to share data and be assembled into workflows is the big game-changer.—
Jason Andersen,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Large groups of protesters quickly assembled near raid sites on both days, leading to traffic disruptions and escalating tensions with federal authorities.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 2025
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Production designing the ornate bathroom was an adventure.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
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An award-winning toy creator and a doctor have teamed up to launch a new company that manufactures products designed to make health care less scary for little kids, and less stressful for parents.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Since Trump’s first-term appointees have rotated out, it’s currently made up of Biden appointees.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2025
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Philosophy majors, once at 0.6%, now make up only 0.4% of all degrees awarded.—
Nirit Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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This trickery is a cost-saving measure in that the orchid does not have to manufacture nectar or prodigious amounts of expensive pollen.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2025
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The airplane was new, according to Federal Aviation Administration records, and had been manufactured in 2024.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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“Prefabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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