building block
Example Sentences
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Cheap, reliable exchange-traded funds are a basic building block of investing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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
"This Picasso initiative is one more building block so that one day Alzheimer's will be nothing more than a bad memory," the foundation's head Olivier de Ladoucette said, the AFP news agency reported.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
In test tube studies, bone forming cells quickly moved into the structured hydrogel and began producing collagen, a key building block of bone.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
It also provided a key building block in one of the most crucial, emerging principles of the science of attention: There is a tension going on inside the brain.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
