build up

Example Sentences

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“The biggest thing was it helped me build up my confidence,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Stargate is a $500bn project to build up data center capacity in the US, which backers say is needed for planned increases in AI processing and power requirements over the next several years.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

As the biographer and literary scholar Carla Kaplan recounts in “Troublemaker,” Jessica started an escape plan early, opening a bank account at 12 to build up running-away funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

And why does this feel so much worse than if he’d just reminded me monthly instead of letting it build up?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

He helped me to build up a new research center, where almost all the observations were made by the Tanzanian field staff.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall