as in to construct
to form by putting together parts or materials
he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit
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Recent Examples of build
Bart Jansen, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Stay at Rod & Gun Club, a 100-year-old hotel built on an original frontier structure.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
Students learn to identify market gaps, build teams, and navigate uncertainty.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Presidents often aim high to start terms Presidents often try in their first year to build on the momentum of their elections to get major legislation approved.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Stay at Rod & Gun Club, a 100-year-old hotel built on an original frontier structure.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
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The Switch 2 keeps things light, a testament to its portability, but the ROG Ally X and Legion Go S offer plenty of features for their heavier builds.
—PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
Students learn to identify market gaps, build teams, and navigate uncertainty.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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The eye-catching chair comes in six stunning shades, including sage and cornflower blue, and is constructed with soft boucle fabric, a solid wood base, and a 360-degree swivel base to easily spin around and pivot from person to person when guests are over.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
3 June 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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The agent, already familiar with your size, preferences and style history, evaluates how each option might suit your physique, identifies the best price across retailers and finalizes the purchase, thus conserving your time and alleviating decision fatigue.—
Sandeep Shivam,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Despite his handsome face and fit physique, Adam has seemingly been a bachelor for some time.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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Agentic workflows — While the first two innovations provide a better AI experience, the ability for agents to share data and be assembled into workflows is the big game-changer.—
Jason Andersen,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Large groups of protesters quickly assembled near raid sites on both days, leading to traffic disruptions and escalating tensions with federal authorities.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 2025
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These highlight a growing phenomenon where high-profile figures - intentionally or not - shape health trends through their platforms.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Most of my friends and contemporaries are in very good shape.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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In mid-May its CEO, Andrew Witty, stepped down; he was succeeded by Stephen Hemsley, the former chief whose acquisitions made the company huge in the first place.—
Alyson Shontell,
Fortune,
2 June 2025
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This is for us the first step to make Credor another global luxury watch brand from Japan.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
2 June 2025
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The sectional comes in a gray frame with black cushions and a brown frame with beige cushions, and both are on sale up to 57 percent off.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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Most recently, the brand revived its Johnny Cash collection with a pair of rectangular frames modeled after those worn by the musician during his infamous arrest in 1965.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
2 June 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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Both sides are trying to fix current problems with the same mindset that created the problems in the first place: Industrial Revolution thinking.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Student Loan Servicer Announces That Some Borrowers Should Reapply For IDR The Department of Education has been accepting IDR applications since the online form was restored at the end of March.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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After seven core-series books, 11 films including three Fantastic Beasts prequels, a stage sequel, and countless spinoffs and inspirations in the form of theme parks, video games, merchandise, and more, the Wizarding World is set to soon expand to one more medium: TV.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
10 June 2025
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“Build.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/build. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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