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build

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






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Villagers' battling against Lidl's plans to build a supermarket have taken their fight to the Welsh government.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Hyperscalers rushing to build artificial-intelligence capacity are paying virtually any price for their products.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The billionaire founder of Amazon.com is co-leading a new AI business called Prometheus, which plans to build an “artificial general engineer” that can design and manufacture complex physical products such as a jet engine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

To build the new material, researchers combined rice-based granular units with materials such as sand, which become stronger when subjected to rapid loading.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

The solution is to build a dyke with floodgates—sliding panels that can be closed to seal off the opening—across the mouth of the river.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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