buildup
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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
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
Researchers had previously found that gut microbes can modify bile acids and influence the amount of atherosclerosis, or fatty plaque buildup in the arteries, that develops over time.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
“What amount of plaque there is going to be—because almost all of us are going to have some buildup there.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“I’m releasing him tomorrow. But I just wanted to make you aware that your son has significant scar tissue buildup in his frontal lobe.”
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing buildup
"Handle with Care"
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The Contemporary Period, c. 1914 to the Present
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The First State of Being
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