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  • past participle of build.
  • past tense form of build.
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built

[bilt] / bɪlt /




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The researchers incorporated an array detector into their new microscope, allowing it to collect more light than a conventional system built around a pinhole and single detector.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The economy is built on agriculture, natural resources, shipbuilding, manufacturing and lobstering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“These large language models — the AI, the chatbots, Claude, AI, ChatGPT — they’re all built on essentially reflecting ourselves back to each other,” Stangl said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

A source close to the matter told AFP that accommodation for several thousand such personnel had been built in Kisangani.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“They have built a shed. Improved the property. I have been there to raise their rent.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff


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