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

Before the clash, there was a sense that a positive performance in Madrid could be used as a building block for Tudor before a crucial game at Liverpool in the Premier League this weekend.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

That extra building block can expand their biochemical capabilities.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 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