under construction

idiom

: being built
The new school is now under construction.

Examples of under construction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Six Senses on the way As things are under construction for the Six Senses resort that’s to come, visitors can easily access the course. Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024 What’s positive in its passionate abstractions is the sense of three-dimensionality, of musical schemas that have the open airiness of modern architecture, the introspective ardor of thought under construction. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 Existing mines and projects under construction will meet only 80% of copper needs by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency, indicating a potential shortage of the metal. Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024 And in Egypt, an unnamed capital has been under construction for nearly a decade about 30 miles east of Cairo. Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 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 12 Sep. 2024.

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