buildup

[ US /ˈbɪɫˌdəp/ ]
[ UK /bˈɪldʌp/ ]
NOUN
  1. highly favorable publicity and praise
    his letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup
  2. the act of building up an accumulation
    a military buildup in preparation for the invasion
    I envied his rapid buildup of assets
  3. the result of the process of accumulation
    the buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes
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How To Use buildup In A Sentence

  • A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
  • To test the theory of a chemoautotrophic origin of life in a volcanic, hydrothermal setting, we explored mechanisms for the buildup of bio-organic compounds by carbon fixation on catalytic transition metal precipitates. Dawkins on the OOL
  • Infestations of grapes are often due to a buildup in other soft fruits such as figs, apricots, peaches, nectarines, or citrus.
  • But the song longs for the old intoxication; he misses “drinking that sweet wine,” and the song had a gospelly buildup as he sang about getting “so high in the days gone by.” SXSW: Drinking Songs From Van Morrison - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
  • When the buildup is sufficient, a spark may flash inside your camera, fogging the film.
  • In just the last year, this has happened more than once, and we could go back further and retrace the gradual buildup to this moment. Alison Rose Levy: How To Survive In An Age Of Crisis
  • The few light, dry siftings that did produced little buildup on the frozen ground, except in hollows and depressions, and sometimes not even there. The Plains of Passage
  • Blistering paint on metal components may be the first sign of galvanic corrosion, followed by a white powdery buildup on the aluminum surface and finally deep pitting that leaves the aluminum weak and porous.
  • For my own plus-sized schnoz, I went with the smaller of the two sizes, allowing me to keep the lenses far enough from my face to prevent sweat buildup or fogging, but close enough to maintain good eye protection. Clothesline: Briko Endure Pro Duo and Smith PivLock V90 MAX eyewear
  • Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the court for having called Walesa a communist-era agent. WN.com - Articles related to More Rain for Britain After Floods
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