built-up
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Conservationists have said they are planning to buy a field to extend a "green lung" in one of Jersey's most built-up parishes.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Longtime mascots, on the other hand, appear to retain their built-up value even after a lull.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
My odyssey began in Navy Yard, a recently built-up D.C. neighborhood where the Transportation Department is headquartered.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 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
Now, I figured that the built-up gas in most boys’ locker rooms was enough to cause an explosion, so I wasn’t surprised when the flaming dodgeball ignited a huge WHOOOOOOOM!
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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Germany has built up import capacities, including with new LNG delivery terminals.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Iran built up the militias into a self-described Axis of Resistance to project power and keep fighting away from its borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
This ratio bottomed out at the end of July but built up again in August and September.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
The project's dedicated midwife, Adele Martin - having built up trust with pregnant mothers - is the one who has to step in.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Some locals thought that Comstock, with his aquiline nose and tan complexion, might be part American Indian—an impression that he did little to discourage as he built up his legal practice.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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