How to Use prefabricate in a Sentence

prefabricate

verb
  • Instead, parts of the bridge are prefabricated away from the site and then moved into place.
    — Patricia Mazzei, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Instead, parts of the bridge are prefabricated away from the site and then moved into place.
    — Patricia Mazzei, Frances Robles and Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The new buildings will be prefabricated and shipped to the site in containers.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Some parts could be prefabricated in a factory, shipped to a job site and then installed with fewer workers, the company said.
    — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Allen’s donation was to jump start Sperling’s novel idea to prefabricate steel apartment modules that could be stacked like Lego blocks.
    — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2018
  • Whether the houses of the future are cast, printed, or prefabricated, experts agree that change is coming, albeit gradually.
    — Charlie Wood, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 May 2017
  • This restaurant in Dong Hoi, Vietnam, is built entirely from bamboo parts that were prefabricated then assembled on site.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 13 Sep. 2018
  • One of the overarching goals of Colistra’s work is to develop solutions that could be prefabricated, mass-produced, and made widely available.
    — Alexandra Kirkman, SELF, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Because the walkway is both elevated and prefabricated, the impact on the natural setting is minimal, one of the other missions of all the installations.
    — Ondine Cohane, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Built in 1969, the plastic prefabricated home offers a glimpse into the optimism of its time, when space was a new, exciting frontier and people believed that new technologies could solve the world's problems.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Their university had celebrated its installation five days before the collapse with officials saying they were filled with pride for seeing a 950-ton concrete bridge that was prefabricated and quickly installed over a busy six-lane highway.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Their university had celebrated its installation five days before the collapse with officials saying they were filled with pride for seeing a 950-ton concrete bridge that was prefabricated and quickly installed over a busy six-lane highway.
    — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018

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