building block
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"This allows us to create the necessary conditions for subsequent successful operations, seize the initiative in battle, and plan future successful manoeuvres… each of these actions is a building block towards victory."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Now, it is set to become another building block in Sprecher’s empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
Can Carleton be a building block player for a new franchise?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
This method is based on the slow decay of radioactive carbon 14, a very minor component of carbon, the ubiquitous building block of life, into the nonradioactive isotope nitrogen 14.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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