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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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The intention was to lower the cost of constructing new housing and to encourage less personal vehicle use.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stay in one of the Avalanche Ranch Cabins and Hot Springs’ log cabins or wagons, constructed between 1890 and 1950.—
Jennifer Broome,
The Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2025
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After watching the fire’s swift and unstoppable spread, the fledgling U.S. Forest Service developed a military-style apparatus built to eradicate wildfire.—
Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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Calmer but dry conditions will build Thursday with some moisture arriving this weekend.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Breaking eggs to make an omelet Starbase is an industrial installation built by SpaceX to fabricate and test a number of the company’s rocket types.—
Robert A. Kopack,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles fires Claim: Image shows car, mansions burned during California wildfires Our rating: Manipulated media The image is fabricated and originated from the Instagram account of an artist who labeled it that way.—
Hannah Hudnall,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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With their house intact and the koi alive, the Pierces decided to stay put, even though the power and the gas had been cut off and checkpoints were erected to prevent people from entering the disaster zone.—
Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Resting areas were erected off set to avoid overworking the rats, who had access to food and water at all times.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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In other countries where RCV is the norm, parties assemble slates of candidates to appeal to different constituencies and knit together a winning coalition.—
Jasmine Gripper,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Then there’s the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, and Design, a collection of art from around the world—including Spain, Morocco, Central Asia, India, and parts of Southeast Asia—that was assembled by Doris Duke over the course of 60 years.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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For gaming reference, Okubo also designed the very believable and industrial-looking vertical tanks in the equally groundbreaking Xbox game Steel Battalion, released in 2002 along with its entirely massive bespoke controller.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Thankfully, the story arc is designed so that chaos keeps barging in, most delightfully in the form of a scene stealer named ParTeb, a goofball from Tunisia who presents as a saucy green alien.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Hazy IPAs, also known as juicy or New England IPAs, make up a large portion of those sales.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Entitlements make up more than half the federal budget.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
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But Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, the manufacturing hub of Canada, said a trade war is 100% coming.—
Rob Gillies,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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From January 10 through 17, Ukraine struck 10 critical infrastructure sites with drones and missiles, including the Bryansk Chemical Plant, which produces gunpowder and ammunition, and manufactures parts for rockets and explosives.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Prefabricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefabricate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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