PSv5+ has an intrinsic member available on [type] instances that facilitates constructor calls, which should be documented: the static ::new() method; e.g.:

# Same as:
#   New-Object -TypeName regex -ArgumentList foo, Compiled
[regex]::new('foo', 'Compiled')

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