building block
Example Sentences
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Instead, he views it as a building block towards future success.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The approval is a building block for a combination mRNA Covid-flu shot, which the company pulled from review last year after the FDA requested additional flu data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
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
