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Welcome to the voice of America's news words.
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This'll weeks News Word is about an important industry construction where there are cranes and projects like this one.
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In Washington's waterfront district, there are jobs.
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Ken Simonson says Construction employment is growing nearly twice as fast as the rest of the economy.
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But the industry is at risk of stalling because there aren't a lot of construction workers with skills available to be hired.
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Now, construction is the process of building something like a house, bridge or road.
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If someone does this for a living, they are said to be in construction.
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If something is being built, it is said to be under construction.