buildup
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After all the buildup, fear and uncertainty, the most wide-open and unpredictable California gubernatorial primary in decades appears to have ended in the most consistent and predictable of ways.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
“The audience gets to see the whole thing. They get to see the buildup, the anticipation, the payoff.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
In the buildup to the tournament, it deployed a radically different approach to how it generates and uses revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
For years, most Alzheimer's research has focused on the buildup of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
As the storm continued, a large buildup of ice on the sea anchor’s rope had kept the line swinging and sawing against the stern.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing buildup
"Handle with Care"
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The Contemporary Period, c. 1914 to the Present
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The First State of Being
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