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build

[bild] / bɪld /
NOUN
physical structure, form
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK






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It only took four months to build Colossus I, which generated $12 million in tax revenue, according to 2026 data.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

“These financing platforms will help customers access scarce compute at scale and build the DSX AI factories that will power every industry and country in the age of AI,” Huang said in a separate statement.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Thanks to mid six-figure bonuses, engineers at Samsung and SK Hynix are as coveted as the memory chips AI companies need to build more data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Arsenal have added Guimaraes and Tzolis as well as former Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier as back-up as they look to build on their success of last season.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

“Grandpa,” I asked, “are you going to help me build that pen?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Rocket Lab said in conjunction with its second-quarter earnings report on Monday that the subsidiary builds on its recent acquisition of laser optical-communications provider Mynaric, which is based in Munich.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Current theories suggest that magnetic energy builds up as the Sun's magnetic field lines become twisted and coiled -- similar to the mechanical energy stored in a tightly coiled metal spring.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

It builds on an existing defense arrangement between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Of the 60 principal, background and stunt performers, each had four to five changes from arrival to reception — mostly vintage pieces with some custom builds.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Far away—too far away for me to care—someone tuts with disapproval, but I ignore it as the splendor builds in my core.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“Here where Nature has builded her finest playground, man has added the material things which provide the comforts that make life worth while,” proclaimed a 1921 advertisement in The Times titled “The Great Southwest.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2022

Our heritage is builded high On faith and love—they will not die!

From Time Magazine Archive

Here William Rufus had builded; here Coke and Bacon handed down the Law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Percy Haughton's widow watched the Columbia team that he had builded sink to defeat before Cornell at Ithaca.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, he was not lying; his own triumph had outrun him; he had builded even better in evil than even he could have hoped.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

Hastily built to meet skyrocketing demand for computing power required by the global artificial intelligence race, these data centers are facing opposition across the United States.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Keegan Radomski's home, photographed here before the fire, was built by her grandmother in 1996.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

During the late 1990s, companies built massive amounts of telecommunications infrastructure based largely on forecasts of future internet demand.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

“Even with our ideological differences and the suspicion built up over years of separation…we speak the same language, share the same customs,” Chen said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

We built up the fire and, naturally starved, thought we’d try one piece each of Tansy’s fried chicken.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The girls -- who help others in their building with their homework -- have recently started going to classes outside in secret.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Holt believes the paint he used can breathe - and therefore poses less risk to the listed building.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

A week before, the forecasts turned, and I rerouted at the last minute to Montreal, to a small park built atop the ruins of Canada’s old Parliament building.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

“Microsoft is not building too fast, but rather taking a surprisingly measured approach given the demand signals they are receiving and their ability to easily pivot facilities to meet demand,” Moerdler added.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

We had known, of course, that when overcrowding reached a certain point, the sickest were taken to the brick building at the foot of the great square smokestack.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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