prefabricating

verb

present participle of prefabricate
as in building

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  1. building
  2. constructing
  3. erecting
  4. fabricating
  5. assembling
  6. designing
  7. piecing
  8. manufacturing
Verb
  • The vast majority of SpaceX's launches this year — at the moment, 74 of them — have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of nearly 11,000 operational satellites.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • For anyone building toward a finer piece, a moissanite tennis necklace offers a graceful starting point.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of building
Verb
  • Israel's Ministry of Construction and Housing issued a tender for constructing several compounds with more than 1,200 homes in total in an open tract of land east of Jerusalem.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Klausner modeled the show’s intricate plotting on Curb Your Enthusiasm, constructing separate stories that would dovetail at the end of an episode.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructing
Verb
  • The boiler and erecting shop buildings are part of the roughly 244-acre Railyards, the largest redevelopment project west of the Mississippi River.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In 2011, after the community board and Landmarks greenlit Spence’s erecting a 33-foot-tall glass enclosure to connect its East 91st Street campus with an adjacent building, neighbors took their complaints to press.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of erecting
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  • There are moments where Lucky uses her scheming ways to her advantage and fabricating identities as a means of survival.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Median Strategies, one of the pollsters showing a large lead for Hong, admitted to fabricating polls for multiple elections.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of fabricating
Verb
  • An Acquisition Chain, Not A One-Off OpenRouter lands on top of a stack Stripe has been assembling piece by piece.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Peltz weighs deal for Wendy’s Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund is assembling a group that could bid to take Wendy’s private as the chain faces declining sales, falling traffic, and restaurant closures.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • For decades, Canada Goose ducked out of designing summer clothing.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit accuses Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hide these harms from the public.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of designing
Verb
  • Restoration specialist Andrew Ownbey is the man tasked with piecing it back together, and his approach has resulted in one building rising within another building, photos show.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of piecing
Verb
  • Sila has reached a manufacturing milestone for its silicon-carbon anode technology.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In contrast, so far in 2026, manufacturing job growth has offset those losses and more.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of manufacturing
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