building block
noun
building blocks
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pluralof building block.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They were the building blocks of the zucchini bread that used to be waiting for me in her refrigerator.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The building blocks he had used to assemble a playoff team were now bargaining chips to chase a championship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that assemble to form proteins, which are the body's building blocks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The CPI and PPI might not carve a Fed rate hike in stone, but they could be the biggest building blocks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
But even in ordering these building blocks into long-chain molecules, there has been substantial laboratory progress.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
