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  • present participle of build.
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building

[bil-ding] / ˈbɪl dɪŋ /


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"Now that I'm seeing exactly this side of the building, you can imagine the fright of those people, what happened to them."

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Finding organic material at such widely separated locations suggests that the chemistry associated with life's building blocks may once have been common across the Martian landscape.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Investigations have only just begun, but Bowen said he believed the property owners may have cut corners in their plans to construct a nine-story building for apartments and a grocery store.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

What too many miss is the building Mr. Jordan has done, especially since 2018—the reason he was elected this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

When he slammed the door behind me, the building shook so hard that plaster dust sifted down from the ceiling.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

And even when buildings are completed, he added, "the rent is sky high, and you know the poorer class can't afford it."

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

COP31 host Turkey is championing a voluntary initiative to accelerate the electrification of transport, buildings and industry, with a target of raising electricity's share of global energy consumption to 35 percent by 2035.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The emails were sent to schools in Rome, Naples, Vicenza, Florence, Pisa, Trieste and many other Italian cities, and a number of buildings were evacuated as a precaution.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Architects and developers are turning to mass timber as an alternative to traditional structural materials such as steel and concrete for large buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

“People got on the roofs of buildings for a better view, but it just looked like a lot of black rain clouds,” said Fullmer.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone


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