building blocks

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of building block.
  building block

  noun

  block.

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building blocks

The remarks came ahead of the central bank’s next meeting in early November, shedding some light into what Bailey described as the building blocks of its thinking on rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Each group of three letters is known as a codon, and most codons specify one of the amino acids that serve as the building blocks of proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Learning how to fight “isn’t just for negotiators or mediators. These skills should be the building blocks of everyday life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Companies in China have long been the main producers of the chemical building blocks used to make fentanyl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Using only the most abundant gases that were present on the early Earth and almost any energy source that breaks chemical bonds, we can produce the essential building blocks of life.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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