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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And they could keep rising for a few more years due to a persistent shortage of the building blocks of AI networks, said Shawn DuBravac, chief economist of the Global Electronics Association.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 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
AUSTIN, Texas—Steps away from an old printing press, a fleet of industrial robots and dozens of workers assemble the building blocks of what a highflying startup hopes will be America’s next big power company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
That's because of rapidly changing economics around tokens, the building blocks of LLMs and agentic AI.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The atomism of Democritus, Epicurus and Lucretius implied that the universe is made up of building blocks that function through their size, shape and solidity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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