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system building

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noun

  1. a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings

"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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Rose Schoenfeld, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said temperatures should be five to 10 degrees above normal for this time of year thanks to a high-pressure system building up over the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

That helps achieve what Local Catch's Stoller calls a relational food system, building trust though personal interaction.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2023

He credited Hakstol for creating plays the Kraken can use early in its system building on special teams.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2021

Objects were chaotically flying around at the start of the solar system, building the planets and moons.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

With the annihilation of "eternal truths," system building ceased to be even an amusing pastime.

From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Friedrich Engels

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