buildup
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Surveys last year were “so depressing,” Dagit said, with very few animals, and stretches that were essentially transformed into flat roads from all the sediment buildup.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Instead of focusing only on immune switches, they are studying how the body adjusts the strength of inflammation by controlling the release and buildup of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
By moving the salts away from the evaporation zone, the design prevents buildup that could otherwise interfere with continuous operation.
From Science Daily • May 31, 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
Like the buildup of super-tall skyscrapers along the Asian rim in our own time, architectural gigantism followed the accumulation of sufficient money and political confidence to make such gestures.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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