building block

Example Sentences

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Before the clash, there was a sense that a positive performance in Madrid could be used as a building block for Tudor before a crucial game at Liverpool in the Premier League this weekend.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

A 30-second hello builds immediate rapport — it turns strangers into friendly faces and makes a building, block, or street feel safer and more human.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2026

Many of these tumor specific glycans include a sugar building block called sialic acid.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

Now Iamaleava is staying put, giving his coach a huge building block as part of his efforts to forge a sturdy foundation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

This method is based on the slow decay of radioactive carbon 14, a very minor component of carbon, the ubiquitous building block of life, into the nonradioactive isotope nitrogen 14.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond