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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

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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

With a mighty air armada abuilding, he is considering expanding to Florida and Georgia.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

There's a $310 million technical center abuilding in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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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