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build

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






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Export-Import Bank as part of its Make More in America Initiative for as much as $3 billion in loans and guarantees that the company needs to build its first factory.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

There is also increasing cultural opposition to the build out and adoption of AI.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

By measuring those changes, scientists can build an image of underground structures and identify regions that may contain partially molten rock.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

They can build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

“You need a hammer to pound the stakes. A hatchet, if you need more stakes. Or wood to build a fire.”

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

"This builds on joint work that has stopped over 44,000 attempted crossings since the election."

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The findings provide early evidence that communication between neural circuits helps determine whether a worker bee nurses the queen, builds or guards the hive, or searches for food.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 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

At this point, Mr. Dessner’s instantly identifiable studio techniques—stately pianos, dry and uninflected recordings captured up close, rushing builds when a song lurches toward a climax—have become shopworn.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

It is raining when we leave the capital, a drizzle that builds to a steady downpour by the time we hit Villa Altagracia.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

“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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic mills?

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, he was not lying; his own triumph had outrun him; he had builded even better in evil than even he could have hoped.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

Unlike rail tracks – which once built are good for decades – data centres are likely to need upgrading frequently to include the latest and fastest processors.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Some critics argue Anthropic itself has built models through a process that resembles distillation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

When outdoor air is cooler, this can help remove heat that has built up indoors.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's carefully built image of invincibility is facing its toughest test yet, analysts say, after his government backed down in the face of youth-led protests over exam irregularities and jobs prospects.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

We built up one side of the wagon with twelve-inch widths of lumber we called bang boards.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

To the looksmaxxers, these peptides aren’t about health; they’re for shedding fat, building muscle, clearing up skin, and even getting tanned.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

The euphoria for this technology has boosted the value of some world's biggest companies even as they spend hundreds of billions of dollars on the building blocks of the technology.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Japan has strict building codes that generally mean most structures remain undamaged even in the most severe quakes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Studies of passive cooling in homes have found that night-time ventilation can reduce overheating, although effectiveness depends on the building, outdoor temperature, safety, noise and air quality.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

“They’re modern and adapting and moving forward. It’s not about superficial appearances or stereotypes, and it’s not about living in the past —it’s about honoring that past by building a future. . . .”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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