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built up

[bilt-uhp] / ˈbɪltˌʌp /


built-up
ADJECTIVE
backed
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“I still think it hasn’t been so long that the equity that he’s built up with the pitch count is that much compromised,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Manufacturing HBM at scale requires expertise that must be built up over multiple iterations of trial and error.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

As recently as last year, the company’s army of consultants had built up billions of dollars of bookings helping customers navigate how generative AI would change their business, and its software business was growing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

I do want to take a step back and think about the infrastructure that they’ve built up, because it is impressive.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

The revolution had been slow and ponderous, but it had weight, and that weight built up a momentum, and when that momentum finally broke forth, it was with a great and accumulated force.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

My odyssey began in Navy Yard, a recently built-up D.C. neighborhood where the Transportation Department is headquartered.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

Here, though, pilots only had moments to react before the weapon was over a built-up area.

From BBC May 30, 2026

If you have a highly concentrated stock allocation with large built-up gains, you can gradually whittle down your position and use the $6,000 deduction to minimize or cancel the tax hit, Adams says.

From Barron's Apr. 25, 2026

I had so much built-up anxiety about facing my own numbers, but seeing my boyfriend lay his cards on the table gave me the courage to finally log in and look at mine.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

Every few months—especially when it was hot and humid—the weight of the built-up paper would become too much for the staples, and a slow avalanche of clippings would lean forward and whisper to the floor.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements




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