build on
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The new findings build on Hu's earlier work involving the experimental discovery of boron arsenide in 2018.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
They need a progressive manager to start a new cycle following Howe's decision to step down - and build on what he did at the peak of his reign.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
That raw information allows anyone to run a model on specialized hardware and to build on top of the model, altering its weights with additional data in a process called fine-tuning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
"We learned that parental behaviors build on the neural circuitry for feeding, and that makes some sense," Kronauer says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Down on our dirt road by the river there are just boats and wormy-looking docks and dock houses and whatever else you build on a flowing river.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
