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adj
ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Of a building project
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adj
Describing a project which is a candidate for economic stimulus spending, the one having a more immediate impact on the economy as opposed to the project requiring a great deal of time that must elapse for architecture, zoning, legal considerations or other factors before labor can be deployed on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
First used by Barack Obama during an interview with Meet the Press on 6 December 2008.
