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builds

  • plural of build.
  • present tense form of build (3rd person singular).

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Organizers booked it to raise funds for the Altadena Builds Back Foundation, and to give locals something hopeful to attend on the painful day of Jan. 7.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Appeared in the September 24, 2025, print edition as 'Startup Builds a Supply Chain'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 23, 2025

Chart showing rising costs of building house, from film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022

Most of the museum’s 10 site-specific installations — its Arts Builds Community collection — were inspired by work that children created in outreach programs.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Ah, no longer wizard Fancy Builds its castles in the air, Luring me by necromancy Up the never-ending stair!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various