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buildups

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plural of buildup

as in promotions

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Teixeira's decisive performance suggests potential future opportunities in Misfits Boxing or bare-knuckle promotions, while concerns were raised about Rua taking further punishment in striking contests.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Their trade-in programs and other promotions reduce the final cost to consumers.

— Jeff Marks,Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of promotions

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Social media, microtrends, ad campaigns and the rise of secondhand shopping are all factors that can test a brand’s strength.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
The new measure comes as Moscow and Kyiv ramp up their air campaigns, with Ukrainian strikes deep into Russian territory sparking fuel shortages and bringing the war closer to home for ordinary Russians.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of campaigns

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California Senate Bill 646 mandates that specific levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury must be published openly on each brand’s website while packages and advertisements must clearly state how heavy metal testing is done.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
There have been many advertisements over the years with men tackling or shoving women.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of advertisements

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For years, America's been in the chokehold of unnecessarily oversized pickup trucks, but recent announcements of new vehicles show that common sense – and more reasonably proportioned utes – may soon prevail.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
The Federal Reserve’s new chairman, Kevin Warsh, is set to deliver a speech Friday at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the backdrop for past policy announcements.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of announcements

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There are a host of other incentives as well, from per diems to boosts to their retirement benefits.

— Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026
People on antidepressants saw activity boosts in their left hippocampus, which is involved in memory and stress regulation, along with the right middle occipital gyrus, which is a visual processing area.

— Korin Miller, Allure, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of boosts

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An executive order followed in August 2025, then OCC bulletins in September telling banks to base service decisions on objective risk.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Sky will also have to commission a proportion of programmes made outside London, and honour the contract for ITN’s news bulletins for ITV until 2031.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 6 July 2026

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