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buildable

British  
/ ˈbɪldəbəl /

adjective

  1. suitable for building on

"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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Confidence among U.S. home builders inched higher from last month, but builders still continued to express affordability concerns stemming from elevated construction costs and shortages of buildable lots and labor.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

“The new price reflects the splitting of the two buildable waterfront lots, so the gross price remains the same,” Emmett Laffey, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Laffey International Realty, said back in May.

From MarketWatch Dec. 9, 2025

The slogan signified a resistance toward outside investors looking to buy up the droves of suddenly buildable lots.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

Defenders of the Virginia site said the Greenbelt has the smallest buildable area for future expansion, has restrictive wetlands building restrictions and has the greater distance between itself and other FBI stakeholders.

From Washington Times Nov. 14, 2023

Geographical difficulties long made it an impossibility, but the steam-engine gave man the triumph over geography, and by 1860 an intercolonial railway, though not built, was evidently buildable.

From The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by Grant, W. L. (William Lawson)

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