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block in

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to sketch in outline, with little detail

"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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Stafford is physically sound, McVay said, but the 18th-year pro will only practice every second and fourth day of each four-day block in training camp.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Schoolteacher Anara Batalova moved to the capital from a Soviet-era apartment block in a small polluted industrial town in search of "dynamism".

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Hurowitz made an unsuccessful bid for Simon & Schuster when Paramount put the publisher on the sale block in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

One important block in the second half to stop a good Ghana chance.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

After lunch, I stand on a seamstress block in a slip and hooped petticoat in the Royal Dress Salon.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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