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abuilding

American  
[uh-bil-ding] / əˈbɪl dɪŋ /

adjective

  1. in the process of building or being built.


Etymology

Origin of abuilding

First recorded in 1525–35; a- 1 + build + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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In addition to Nam Pong dam, five other power and irrigation projects costing $50.7 million are built or abuilding on Mekong tributaries.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Blitz buggies had already begun to roll off the assembly line, but the new $22,000,000 plant to house production of the aircraft engines was still abuilding.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the new U.S. embassy now abuilding in Warsaw, sharp-eyed security men found that Polish technicians had thoughtfully installed 18 bugs, connected them to a single underground conduit deep in the concrete foundations.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has managed to push through major ventures like the Inner Harbor redevelopment and the subway now abuilding, by creating a series of quasi-public commissions.

From Time Magazine Archive

It cost eight millions; it was twenty-four years abuilding, and the founder himself saw it furnished and enjoyed it twelve years after, and carried his bones himself thither to be buried.

From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean

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