as in to interpret
to make plain or understandable
the role of the justices of the Supreme Court in construing the constitution
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Recent Examples of construe
But judges reviewing other eligibility cases have rejected this interpretation as construing Alston beyond its actual words.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2025
This article is not intended to be used as the sole basis for financial decisions, nor should it be construed as advice designed to meet the particular needs of an individual’s situation.
—William Jones, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Thus, to the extent that the IEEPA’s language is unclear, the major questions doctrine suggests that the law should be construed to not permit these tariffs.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 13 May 2025
The evidence for this is her (few) actions at the tournament, which are being construed as overwhelmingly negative.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2025
This article is not intended to be used as the sole basis for financial decisions, nor should it be construed as advice designed to meet the particular needs of an individual’s situation.
—William Jones, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Thus, to the extent that the IEEPA’s language is unclear, the major questions doctrine suggests that the law should be construed to not permit these tariffs.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 13 May 2025
The evidence for this is her (few) actions at the tournament, which are being construed as overwhelmingly negative.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
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The move was widely interpreted as a subtle yet clear acknowledgment of her identity as the woman referenced in the song.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
7 July 2025
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As the amount of global data continues to grow, the challenge lies in processing that data to create maps that not only convey information but also enable machines to interpret and react to it autonomously.—
Michael Harrell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Her communications director later clarified on X that Gillibrand had misspoken.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
30 June 2025
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The new law might not clarify what teachers can display.—
Emma Epperly,
Idaho Statesman,
28 June 2025
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The three friends who wrote and illustrated the story felt that those three stages were the perfect way to justify the collaboration.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
8 July 2025
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Recursion's financial results presently illustrate the conventional hurdles encountered by clinical-stage biotechnology enterprises.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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This sterile male technique, previously explained to Newsweek by Texas A&M Professor Phillip Kaufman, works because female screwworm flies mate only once—flooding areas with sterile males prevents successful reproduction.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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This uptick helps explain why monthly sales of the pouches more than tripled between 2021 and 2024, even as usage in adults remains low—under 3% report ever popping one in, though that number is higher among folks who currently smoke (11%) or once did (7%).—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
1 July 2025
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Huge crowds and great joy demonstrated how proud South Florida is of its hockey team.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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These moves demonstrate Constellation’s ability to adapt to evolving preferences while maintaining relevance across both traditional and emerging categories.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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Idles’s songs explicate the social and moral turmoil that youthful protesters can’t put into words, but the band’s energetic live performances and enthusiastic crowds make sense of what otherwise look like ideological whims.—
Armond White,
National Review,
7 May 2025
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Aided by its curious title, The Courage To Be Disliked is a parabolic conversation between a youth and a philosopher designed to explicate the intersection of Greek philosophy and Adlerian psychology.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Still, the impressive power of the book club might have been better elucidated if details about its impact in other Eastern Bloc countries were brought into the story.—
Valorie Castellanos Clark,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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The physicist Paul Dirac coined both terms in a speech in 1945, naming the two particle kingdoms after physicists who helped elucidate their properties: Satyendra Nath Bose and Enrico Fermi.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
23 June 2025
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“Construe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://x0upouf933.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/thesaurus/construe. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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