building block
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Promotional images and films conjured a playful, adaptable and benevolent house — plastic as the building block of family happiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Researchers are especially interested in Psyche because it may represent the exposed metallic core of an ancient planetesimal, a building block of planets that formed early in the solar system's history.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026
It will be a building block and a key ingredient in every new “unicorn” — a company with a valuation of at least $1 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
That causes the molecule to crack into hydrogen and ethylene, the basic building block of plastics such as polyethylene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Trouble, Jesse often declared, was the building block of character.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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