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Example sentences for: build-up

How can you use “build-up” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"The whole build-up to next Tuesday's State of the Union speech has already been thrown off course, and this may be just the beginning," the FT said.
The Sydney Morning Herald led Monday with a report of "a huge build-up of troops" along the West Timor border, establishing a front line against militia incursions.
The exhibits powerfully document the build-up to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and the appalling effects of the blast itself and its aftermath.
Now this kind of slow build-up seems like the smart strategy.
The sharp dose-response curves demonstrated in this study suggests that it is important to have an effective cellular anti-oxidation mechanism to prevent the build-up of oxidative stress over a critical level.