Antonyms for build uponbuild up·on

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1. • Depend On

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1. repose on, rest on, build on, build uponverb

   be based on; of theories and claims, for example

   "What's this new evidence based on?"

   Synonyms:
   repose on, build on, lean against, rest on, lean on

How to use build upon in a sentence?

1. Thomas Lee:

   We can build upon the gains from here, if inflation is getting stronger, the U.S. dollar should weaken even more and that is an even bigger support for stocks.

2. Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams:

   We remain focused on achieving further reliability improvements across our operations. And, we'll continue to build upon the momentum gained in 2015 in reducing cash costs per barrel at our oil sands operations.

3. Sean Spicer:

   I think the one thing that people forget is that at the end of the day, our failure to comply with NAFTA is going to result in the loss of more jobs here in America, there are consequences for this kind of action, and they tend to build upon each other and provoke more responses. Is that really the kind of path we want to go down?

4. Feltham:

   It was a false maxim of Domitian that he who would gain the people of Rome must promise all things and perform nothing. For when a man is known to be false in his word, instead of a column, which he might be by keeping it, for others to rest upon, he becomes a reed, which no man will vouchsafe to lean upon. Like a floating island, when we come next day to seek it, it is carried from the place we left it in, and, instead of earth to build upon, we find nothing but inconstant and deceiving waves.

5. Jennifer Chi:

   Kristen is the perfect choice to build upon the Brooklyn Museum’s track record as an innovator in the collection and exhibition of the arts of Africa.

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