building block
Example Sentences
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It will be a building block and a key ingredient in every new “unicorn” — a company with a valuation of at least $1 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
"This Picasso initiative is one more building block so that one day Alzheimer's will be nothing more than a bad memory," the foundation's head Olivier de Ladoucette said, the AFP news agency reported.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
In its primordial form, liberalism was a political belief that the building block of society is the individual—an idea tethered loosely to the Christian notion that every single human being contains a divine spark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
In test tube studies, bone forming cells quickly moved into the structured hydrogel and began producing collagen, a key building block of bone.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
It would be lovely to cuddle up beside her while Georgie sat nearby, building block towers and pretending not to listen.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
