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  • past participle of build.
  • past tense form of build.
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built

[bilt] / bɪlt /




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Plans for a data centre which would have been built metres from people's homes in a Sydney suburb have been scrapped following intense push-back by campaigners.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

A new wave of battery facilities are being built in or near densely populated areas, where some residents and local officials worry about the risk of fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Mediapart's investigation is built on comments in private chats allegedly written by Bardella in the summer of 2013 when he was 17 or 18 years old.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

There’s not a building in the Rio Grande Valley that was built without immigrant labor.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

In the years that followed, the Johnston Ridge Observatory was built there as a formal part of the national monument.

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




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