Examples of build on in a Sentence
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The deflection earned Croatia a corner, but the team just wasn't able to build on its momentum.
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Monica Alba,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
Those criminal charges allege a yearslong enterprise built on deception that misled local, state and federal agencies, including Yolo County.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
This franchise was built on his back.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
The first stage began in July 2025, when Meta announced comprehensive measures targeting accounts that repeatedly share unoriginal content without meaningful enhancement, building on enforcement actions that had already been taken against 500,000 accounts in the first half of the year.
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Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
The ban in 2022 was seen as a historic move for a region built on the petroleum industry.
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Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Matching the computing power that is needed to build on the skills and talents of Gen Z is one way to build a Gen Z-friendly workplace.
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Shawn Chang,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The case for regular sauna use as a longevity tool isn’t built on trends or testimonials.
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Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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Monica Alba,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
Those criminal charges allege a yearslong enterprise built on deception that misled local, state and federal agencies, including Yolo County.
—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
This franchise was built on his back.
—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
The first stage began in July 2025, when Meta announced comprehensive measures targeting accounts that repeatedly share unoriginal content without meaningful enhancement, building on enforcement actions that had already been taken against 500,000 accounts in the first half of the year.
—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
The ban in 2022 was seen as a historic move for a region built on the petroleum industry.
—
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Matching the computing power that is needed to build on the skills and talents of Gen Z is one way to build a Gen Z-friendly workplace.
—
Shawn Chang,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The case for regular sauna use as a longevity tool isn’t built on trends or testimonials.
—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.
—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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“Build on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build%20on. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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