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build

[bild] / bɪld /
NOUN
physical structure, form
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK






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The tender will support up to seven AI facilities, known as gigafactories, the commission said, adding that this would be split between one phase for establishing facilities and a second to build them out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

JLR continued to build the Land Rover and Range Rover brands, but the cyber-attack took those lines down.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

For Gen Zers wondering what the best places are to park their money, here are some critical ways they can build a solid financial foundation, according to experts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Though the Scooby-Doo towers would never make it across the dunes, there are better ways to build a sandwich for adventure.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

“Later, we’ll build your ma a real house,” Father says repeatedly.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"The robotics story builds directly on China's electric vehicle ecosystem," says Kyle Chan, a researcher at the Brookings Institution.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Redstone’s critique builds on others circulating within the profession.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Rolland further noted that PC builds in the second half of the year will likely “be significantly weaker” compared to previous years due to high memory costs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Find insight on the Strait of Hormuz, weekly builds in U.S. crude oil and more in the latest Market Talks covering energy and utilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The closer we get to Euston, the more anxious I feel; pressure builds; how will today be?

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

“Here where Nature has builded her finest playground, man has added the material things which provide the comforts that make life worth while,” proclaimed a 1921 advertisement in The Times titled “The Great Southwest.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2022

Born luckily to place and power, Premier Jon Bratiano has held and builded upon both.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here William Rufus had builded; here Coke and Bacon handed down the Law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Booker T. Washington, who was a seven-year-old on a Virginia plantation when Shaw died, rose to say that the "real monument" to Shaw "is being slowly but safely builded among the lowly."

From Time Magazine Archive

We have builded our Camp anew, & as it saith in Genesis, “/ dwell in the Tents of Shem.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Nexus was founded by energy-industry veterans who built large-scale natural-gas projects and are now trying to bring their megaproject experience to the booming data center sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The filmmaking team went internal on purpose, and built a movie about a young man nobody remembers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

“I just think it’s really important to be asking, like, how do you win when you haven’t built a movement?”

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

The military has also built dozens of bases, outposts and staging areas behind the barrier along the Yellow Line.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

My grandpappy built it with his own two hands.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Disney Jr. is now building a Marvel preschool universe of sorts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Possible targets include functional organic molecules, biomolecular building blocks, and materials designed to capture or transfer energy from light.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Instead, Howe got partway through pre-season before making his decision, the difficulties of building a squad he is happy with having become too much.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

That is the true art of the beach sandwich: building something not merely to endure the wait, but to meet you at the other end of it.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

As I left the building, a workman in a blue cap and blue overalls stepped up to me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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