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system building

British  

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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Israel has served as a real-world testing ground for American weapons systems, providing operational feedback that has helped US defence companies refine and improve their technologies.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Last year’s shortage highlighted cracks in the systems providing those assurances.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

Schlesinger thinks banks will have to use cloud-based systems providing applications as a service because just adding cores is growing too expensive.

From Forbes • Apr. 17, 2013

He also made collector-investors more condition-conscious by including in his magazines one of the first card-grading systems, providing definitions for what he considered "mint," "excellent," "very good," "good," "fair," and "poor" cards.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2010

They involve water supply, cleaning the air, adjusting local tax systems, providing for essential educational, cultural, and social services, and destroying those conditions which breed delinquency and crime.

From State of the Union Address by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)

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