buildup
Example Sentences
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Same-store sales had been growing steadily in the buildup to Cracker Barrel’s logo fiasco before plummeting 8.5% in the quarter ended last October and 7.9% in the January quarter.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
That process has begun: South Korea’s top economic and financial policymakers, including Shin, have just pledged tighter monitoring of margin lending — moving pre-emptively against the leverage buildup before the market fully prices the risk.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
“The audience gets to see the whole thing. They get to see the buildup, the anticipation, the payoff.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
“What amount of plaque there is going to be—because almost all of us are going to have some buildup there.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
She couldn’t have imagined the likes of an electric range, or a land where women concerned themselves with something called waxy yellow buildup.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing buildup
"Handle with Care"
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The Contemporary Period, c. 1914 to the Present
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The First State of Being
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