- present participle of build.
building
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Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, made a career out of building illusions she delighted in dismantling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Rather than depending on a single overhead light, Clarke recommends building up different sources from around the room.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Le's pickup truck was illegally parked on a street near the US Supreme Court building and the US Capitol at the time of his arrest.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The building, designed by Ruy Jervis d’Athouguia, Pedro Cid and Alberto Pessoa, emphasized the integration of art, architecture and nature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
We headed north on Sunset all the way to the Hollywoodland development again, this time to see the house that his father was building for Irene.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Companies boosted spending on new equipment, buildings, software and the like by a strong 8.5% in the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Wein said it’s common for these kinds of billing systems to show up in older apartment buildings, where individual meters were not installed during construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Fires in large buildings are frequent in Pakistan, often due to poor safety laws and building codes as well as lax enforcement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Asset manager Nuveen and its affiliate Nuveen Green Capital raised just over $1 billion in a first close of a new fund to finance energy efficiency improvements for commercial buildings as well as new projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
There was, at the water’s edge, a cluster of square stone buildings.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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