as in constructs
to form by putting together parts or materials
he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit
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as in shapes
the type of body that a person has
has a slender build
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Recent Examples of builds
John D. Sutter, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
The waste generated by the 3D printed builds is deposited into casts resembling large Leggo bricks.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Predictability lowers stress hormones and builds the sense of security that forms the foundation of resilience.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
The Thing builds tension based on the premise that anyone, even your closest friend or partner, could be othered, transformed into a being that longs for your destruction.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The museum is located within the headquarters of Astrobotic, a company that builds lunar landers for NASA and commercial clients.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
This collaboration builds on Volvo Group Venture Capital's early investment in Waabi in 2023 and its later participation in Waabi's $200 million Series B funding round in 2024.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Amid the fervor, anticipation builds and vibrates through the crowd.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
That builds tension and suspense.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Hannah Parker, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
Folsom also can do full custom builds starting at $4,500.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
People who are trying to add depth to new builds or update suburban homes are finding success with patterns like block print that have been around for centuries.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2026
There’s evidence that data centers face more serious dissent that fresh paint won’t be able to fix, prompting some localities to issue moratoriums on new builds.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Dozens of North Texas families say their dream homes never became reality after a Fort Worth couple collected millions of dollars for custom builds and renovations that were never finished.
—Nicole Nielsen, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
Devices that do not meet these requirements may be rejected during inspections in new builds, renovations, or rental properties, and can complicate insurance reviews following an incident.
—New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2025
In terms of sheer number of ships, Beijing’s navy is now bigger than Washington’s and Chinese shipyards can churn out new builds at a far higher rate.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Through Saturday, over 60 Lego sets are 40 percent off, including builds from Wicked, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Disney.
—Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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Alex Rafalowicz, executive director of that initiative, told me the idea for a treaty builds on an International Court of Justice decision earlier this year that held nations legally responsible for curbing climate-heating pollution.
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While there is still a surplus of supply and builders are gearing up to start new builds, the decline in starts and completions means there will likely be fewer new builds hitting the market in 2026.
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As Victor constructs his lab and assembles the Creature, the various stages of its creation are meticulously portrayed.—
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By shuffling these more personal images with his own photographs of their rooms—draperies, windows, unmade beds, a shower stall—Xu constructs a fascinating if confounding new reality, a stage set destined to be struck.—
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Type of pill Krill oils come in all shapes and sizes of pills.—
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This class is for ages 16 and older and includes skills such as how to throw, alter shapes and trim.—
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Nvidia primarily designs its chips in California and largely manufactures and assembles them in Asia.—
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As Victor constructs his lab and assembles the Creature, the various stages of its creation are meticulously portrayed.—
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Western counterparts often acknowledge them privately, even as public backlash from some European institutions and media figures ensued against Rubio’s candor.—
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The Mean Green’s best football season ever wasn’t even over before the major figures from that team left, or announced their intentions to bounce ASAP; when the season did end, moments after UNT defeated San Diego State to win the New Mexico Bowl, is when the great Denton flood began.—
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The research team highlighted that this process creates ideal conditions for atmospheric water vapour to condense into droplets on the cooler surface, the way steam condenses on your bathroom mirror.—
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Frank creates this Charles Atlas golden god specifically to adore and satisfy him.—
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Bain and Mauigoa both look like top 10 picks and Day 1 contributors with the kind of power and pro-ready physiques to have staying power in this violent league.—
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Their grey hairs and perhaps softer physiques, things that many of us will be forced to reckon with over time, are juxtaposed with an athleticism that seems superhuman to someone acutely aware of how much even just sleeping wrong can hurt after a certain age.—
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The board is an advisory panel that makes recommendations to the Mooresville Board of Commissioners, which has final say and would consider the rezoning at a meeting to be announced.—
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Placing like items in bags or boxes before storage makes sorting through the jumble easier later on.—
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Their latest album, The Sludge of the Land, promises to unsettle your sensibilities by exploring the churning zone of kitsch that lurks behind more respectable musical forms.—
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Customers are encouraged to mail tax forms well before the deadline and, if a postmark is required, take the documents to a post office counter and request a free manual postmark to ensure the mailing date is clearly recorded.—
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“Builds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/builds. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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