well-built
adjective
1
: built to be strong or to work well
a well-built house/car/system
2
: physically strong or attractive
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Best quiet box fans Top quiet box fan This classic and well-built Lasko box fan features three different speed settings and quiet noise levels.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2026
As well-built as the controller is, though, this all feels a bit like table stakes in the modern controller market.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Baumgardner Dane Brugler’s analysis A short, well-built back, Black runs balanced, low to the ground and consistently finds cracks at the line of scrimmage.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Well-built.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-built. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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