built up

This ratio bottomed out at the end of July but built up again in August and September.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Glasgow's concentration of universities, engineers and specialist suppliers, built up over two decades, would be difficult to replicate elsewhere.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Traffic built up due to the complete closure to all vehicles going in both directions on the Southern Bridge, one of eight bridges connecting the east and west of Kyiv over the Dnipro river.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

As Berkshire’s value passed a mere $1 trillion, its returns have looked pedestrian and it has built up the biggest cash hoard in history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He found wood piled by one wall, built up the fire himself, and then with gestures asked for water, for swallowing sea-water had sickened him and now he was parched with thirst.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

My odyssey began in Navy Yard, a recently built-up D.C. neighborhood where the Transportation Department is headquartered.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

If you have a highly concentrated stock allocation with large built-up gains, you can gradually whittle down your position and use the $6,000 deduction to minimize or cancel the tax hit, Adams says.

From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026

I had so much built-up anxiety about facing my own numbers, but seeing my boyfriend lay his cards on the table gave me the courage to finally log in and look at mine.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

That means there is less built-up immunity against it.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

The built-up steam sprayed bits of rotten shark, seaweed, and Nim-didn’t-know-what in a rushing geyser far into the air.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr