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buildup

[bild-uhp] / ˈbɪldˌʌp /


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Same-store sales had been growing steadily in the buildup to Cracker Barrel’s logo fiasco before plummeting 8.5% in the quarter ended last October and 7.9% in the January quarter.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

After all the buildup, fear and uncertainty, the most wide-open and unpredictable California gubernatorial primary in decades appears to have ended in the most consistent and predictable of ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

In the buildup to the tournament, it deployed a radically different approach to how it generates and uses revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

For years, most Alzheimer's research has focused on the buildup of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

I don't know if it was the sugar smell, or the buildup from earlier, or what, but I just...said it.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds




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