- present participle of build.
building
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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
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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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