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verb

past tense of prefabricate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefabricated
Adjective
  • Building and construction unions no longer can use their old rhetorical cudgel in this debate — calling prefab homes flimsy and unsafe.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The pencil-thin DQ Tower squeezes a full home into a very slender footprint, while the EONE XL takes a wider prefab approach to the same basic challenge.
    Stefan Ionescu March 30, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • They're beautifully constructed.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Producers had wanted to move forward with the location even after a contractor warned that the building was likely constructed with asbestos and should be properly tested.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Inter Miami’s new home that seemingly took forever to get built went up in only 16 months, ground-breaking to Saturday.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • North Overland Park, or the area north of Interstate 435, is mostly built out, with some of the oldest parks, limited trail systems and one community pool, which is a medium-sized pool that serves multiple neighborhoods within a 2-mile radius.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Chip designers and manufacturers try to squeeze as much computing power as possible onto each individual chip, fabricated on silicon wafers in a manufacturing process that relies on highly specialized equipment and requires thousands of intricate steps.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This includes the sobering reality that artificially fabricated strands can be blended into the bunch, that not all human hair is created equal, and most hair does not all originate from the same donor or arrive in the same caliber of quality.
    Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This is not the very last stretch of border fencing to be erected.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Yet, due to the drug’s $21,000 per year price, insurers erected coverage barriers.
    Michael Rose, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Museum workers had assembled it from forty pieces with no instruction manual.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Stranger Things’ original cast was assembled in 2015 when Season 1 was shot.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Some commenters on social media said they were nearly fooled, but others compared the all-white design to certain plates manufactured years ago that are prone to peeling.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The used railcars were originally manufactured in the late 1980s, according to SEPTA.
    Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Mattress slackers do have an excuse, however, since some of the newer mattress-in-a-box brands aren't designed to flip.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Organic pesticides can still have environmental impacts because they are designed to control living organisms.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Prefabricated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricated. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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