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build

[bild] / bɪld /
NOUN
physical structure, form
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK






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Rather than racing to build a humanoid capable of doing everything from day one, Agile Robots has spent years embedding its industrial robots inside factories to solve problems for their clients.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

We didn’t need to “change” the Constitution, I argued; rather, we needed to build, à la Shelby, more “knowledge,” better understanding, inclusion.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

“We have a plan to build him up slowly, methodically,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The plan to build a residential tower on top of a local grocery store has morphed into a symbol of a generational divide over the city’s acute housing crisis and the future of San Francisco.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

“They like to build their nests on living things: on the heads of the warrior boars, or in the hair of people.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Sierra, which builds customer-service AI agents, is largely credited for pioneering the outcome-based pricing model.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Here’s another shopping tip: “I think people should be looking for something that meets them where they are, builds on their capability, and the capability is broadly transferable,” Korn Ferry’s Lloyd said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

"This builds on joint work that has stopped over 44,000 attempted crossings since the election."

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The findings provide early evidence that communication between neural circuits helps determine whether a worker bee nurses the queen, builds or guards the hive, or searches for food.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

It is raining when we leave the capital, a drizzle that builds to a steady downpour by the time we hit Villa Altagracia.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

“Here where Nature has builded her finest playground, man has added the material things which provide the comforts that make life worth while,” proclaimed a 1921 advertisement in The Times titled “The Great Southwest.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2022

Born luckily to place and power, Premier Jon Bratiano has held and builded upon both.

From Time Magazine Archive

Booker T. Washington, who was a seven-year-old on a Virginia plantation when Shaw died, rose to say that the "real monument" to Shaw "is being slowly but safely builded among the lowly."

From Time Magazine Archive

His published memoirs, Remembered Yesterdays,* is a book that tells a little of a man whose talents symbolized his century and whose beliefs typify the faiths on which this nation was builded.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have builded our Camp anew, & as it saith in Genesis, “/ dwell in the Tents of Shem.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Investors might be better paid to take the risk that at least the stuff gets built.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

They envision adding plants that can handle a soaking to the bioswales they built in both the front and back.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

“We should approach data centers the same way: embracing their benefits while ensuring they’re built responsibly,” Christian said in a statement.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

While Heller was built on phony history, it reflected a genuine, hard-fought shift in public understanding.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

So they stayed on, married their sweethearts, and built homes next to each other, overlooking the river.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Conversions are continuing to drive room growth, as the hotel chain favors acquiring existing hotels rather than building new ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

"It's actually about making communities more resilient through regulations, building spaces, education, and giving them the basic tools to save themselves when there is a big event."

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Many lenders are offering bigger loans compared with your income, with niche lenders and building societies at the highest end.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Anticipation for the movie was building for months, as robust pre-sales indicated high interest in Spidey’s return to the big screen.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

I’ve been at Ross Academy for over a year now, and the school building still blows me away.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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