building block
noun
: a unit of construction or composition
especially
: something essential on which a larger entity is based
Examples of building block in a Sentence
historically the infantry division has been a basic building block of armies
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There are a few potential building blocks for such a deal.
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Ryan Hass, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
The building blocks of Andy Reid’s journey to three Super Bowl championships and 301 NFL wins and, one day, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, are self-evident: an absurd work ethic, tactical brilliance and what might be called taskmastery.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
Here’s how the latest potentially foundational building block to an enormous event unfolded.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Yeah, and so one of the remarkable ideas that’s emerged from theorists who think hard about this problem of reconciling quantum mechanics and gravity is the notion that perhaps the fundamental building blocks of gravity really are quantum mechanical.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Hass, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
The building blocks of Andy Reid’s journey to three Super Bowl championships and 301 NFL wins and, one day, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, are self-evident: an absurd work ethic, tactical brilliance and what might be called taskmastery.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025
Here’s how the latest potentially foundational building block to an enormous event unfolded.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Yeah, and so one of the remarkable ideas that’s emerged from theorists who think hard about this problem of reconciling quantum mechanics and gravity is the notion that perhaps the fundamental building blocks of gravity really are quantum mechanical.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for building block
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“Building block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/building%20block. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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