build
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In June, South Korea unveiled plans for at least $880bn in projects led by Samsung and SK Hynix to build out the country's chip manufacturing capabilities in the coming years.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
In 2014, Intratrek was selected to build a 100MW solar power station in the southern town of Gwanda.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Germany has been rapidly rearming, aiming to eventually build the largest conventional military in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
He’s promised not to make the system any bigger, though he does want to build “a really big sub.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
She reminded me of my grandma, solid build with intense eyes, except Mystery Auntie had a very chill, welcoming vibe.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Since then, "supply has not kept up", falling from around 260,000 new builds per year in the 1990s to 92,000 in 2025, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Scottish government maintains that Glasgow still builds more small satellites than anywhere else in Europe.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The new work builds on those findings by directly comparing RNA with single stranded DNA that contained essentially the same sequences.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
“That builds a foundation for all the events coming up, including the Super Bowl, the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics, as we have been continuously preparing for that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
It builds and builds all day, tightening my throat and chest, and sometimes I feel it in my face.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
“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
Born luckily to place and power, Premier Jon Bratiano has held and builded upon both.
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
Our heritage is builded high On faith and love—they will not die!
From Time Magazine Archive
When I awoke this morning he hath builded me a Fire in the Grate.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Beagle 2 was reportedly built for about £50m; in comparison Nasa spent $25bn on the Apollo programme during the 1960s.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Meanwhile, drones can now be built to use cellphone networks or fiber optic cables to evade the traditional jamming of radio frequencies used by police.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"We built it for developers and creators pushing the limits of performance," Microsoft Executive Vice President of Windows and Device Pavan Davuluri said on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Hey Arnold!” built on the narrative foundation the group had established on their previous show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
I built a fire in the cooker and fed the dogs part of their food and ate some of my own.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Following discussions with the Israeli government, he said, the building "will not be closing" and will be known as the UK Mission, Jerusalem from Thursday.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
He was relentlessly self-documenting, building much of his public persona on social media, where he posed with piles of cash and announced the cars and money he gave to people whom he considered deserving.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Stagwell introduced Stagwell Media, a media agency building on Assembly and using the company’s agentic technology platform, Machine OS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Microsoft has been working on building "AI PCs" since at least 2024, when its laptops were powered by Qualcomm chips.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
I take a step back and bump into the dog, who lurches away and disappears around the corner of the building.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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