under construction

idiom

: being built
The new school is now under construction.

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County budget hearings gave residents a platform to share their priorities, shaping investments like those in District 1, where three developments with 320 affordable housing units are under construction. Joel Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025 The Natanz nuclear facility includes two large underground halls believed to hold centrifuges for enriching uranium, according to a 2003 report from the Institute for Science and International Security, which includes satellite imagery of the site under construction in 2002. Katie Polglase, CNN Money, 13 June 2025 Looking Ahead For now, the road to fully autonomous AI operations remains under construction. Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 In a town where more than 10 new residential complexes are already under construction or approved, a nonprofit formally opened the first phase of a $100 million project that will replace 213 outdated apartments for low-income and disabled senior citizens while adding 89 new ones. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 June 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 17 Jun. 2025.

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