- present participle of build.
building
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Their itinerary included roasting marshmallows, competing in potato-sack races and building human pyramids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
However, Van Der Beek himself ended up building what would become the couple’s favorite piece: a wooden daybed that he designed not long after they welcomed their fifth child, Gwendolyn, in 2018.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Peptides are short chains of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
She said building affordable housing, creating high-paying jobs and opening city-run grocery stores are all among City Hall’s priorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The building, we learned from one of our platform mates, had been designed to hold four hundred.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Direct damage to residential buildings came in at almost half of the assessed total at $9.3 billion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
MGI estimates that only 20% of the rise in household wealth was driven by new investment in real assets such as machinery and equipment, homes and buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
They can be found in tall trees, hedges, brambles and buildings.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Witkoff quit his firm and became a developer, first of what weren’t very sexy buildings in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The well-dressed anchorwoman announces the passing of what has come to be known as “the Davey Bill,” which prohibits Confederate flags on any and all public buildings.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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