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blocks

  • plural
    of block.
    block
    noun
    a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
  • present tense form
    of block (3rd person singular).
    block
    noun
    a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.

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Nonprofit developers have adopted a strategy of rehabilitating entire blocks at once, and violent crime has plummeted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Benesh closed with 14 kills and eight blocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

And they could keep rising for a few more years due to a persistent shortage of the building blocks of AI networks, said Shawn DuBravac, chief economist of the Global Electronics Association.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Peptides are short chains of amino acids that assemble to form proteins, which are the body's building blocks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

He handed me the blocks of snow and I put them down in a circle and slanted the edges to make the dome.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell