abuilding
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of abuilding
Example Sentences
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Britons were also irked by reports that a new hotel abuilding near Kensington Palace has been forced to reduce its height by several floors so the royal couple will not be observed by penthouse peepers.
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
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
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
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 William Dean Howells
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