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  • past participle of build.
  • past tense form of build.
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built

[bilt] / bɪlt /




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The researchers incorporated an array detector into their new microscope, allowing it to collect more light than a conventional system built around a pinhole and single detector.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Iran built up the militias into a self-described Axis of Resistance to project power and keep fighting away from its borders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Raman tried to exempt newly built apartment complexes, but her proposal fizzled out in the City Council.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

India and South Korea -- which built circuits specifically to host Formula 1 -- eventually withdrew as their financial losses mounted.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

He was brindle colored and built like a truck, and his ears were rounded when we got him so that they looked like bear cub ears.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen


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