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system building

British  

noun

  1. a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Rose Schoenfeld, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said temperatures should be five to 10 degrees above normal for this time of year thanks to a high-pressure system building up over the region.

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A high-pressure system building over the Pacific and moving into the Western United States is expected to raise temperatures in California beginning today, with the highest readings expected over the weekend.

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He credited Hakstol for creating plays the Kraken can use early in its system building on special teams.

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The overreaction results in the immune system building up too many of these kinds of cells, which can lead to respiratory distress or bacterial pneumonia and ultimately death.

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Under this system building societies largely increased and developed.

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