architects

noun

plural of architect
as in engineers
a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking the architect of the economic plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II

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Recent Examples of architects Advertisement The architects of New Stanford might’ve avoided all of the above and still meaningfully included women by running parallel exercises in separate pods. — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Kiefer worked directly with the architects to establish the proportions of the exhibition room, including where the openings are in the space and the color of the walls. — News Desk, Artforum, 20 Oct. 2026 Officials, developers and their architects and engineers have either declined to comment or questioned the researchers’ motives while assuring the public that the buildings are safe. — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 These tiny architects of the deep sea actively regulate microbial populations. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 The architects, some of whose work critics dismissed as better suited to Disneyland than the city, embraced the chance to apply their visual style to consumer products. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Haworth has been shaping the workplaces of architects, creatives, and Fortune 500 companies long before home offices became a design priority. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026 Where to stay Reflecting the city’s year-round spring climate, architects in Medellín have embraced biophilic design—and the newest hotels blur the line between indoors and out. — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Amid new music and an ongoing fall tour from the War on Drugs, one of the band’s longtime musical architects has something of his own to say. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
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  1. engineers
  2. masterminds
  3. leaders
  4. designers
Noun
  • Our job, before and after AI, is building safe and useful products for human beings, and engineers are still best suited for that.
    — Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of manufacturing and physically testing hundreds of battery designs, engineers used computer models to evaluate more than 300,000 possible configurations before producing a prototype.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of engineers
Noun
  • Two years after the masterminds behind the College Football Playoff tripled the field from four to 12 teams, the annual postseason tournament is about to be expanded even further.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The masterminds behind the Monster anthology were keen on Paulson’s appearance as Wuornos.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of masterminds
Noun
  • The countries that do this well engage community leaders, religious leaders, and other respected figures to be part of the vaccination team.
    — Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The horror leaders argued non-traditional horror directors like Parsons and Barker had come out of YouTube to offer fresh, new voices and innovation to the fright-night medium for Gen Z movie-goers.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of leaders
Noun
  • All four of Anthropic's primary chip designers have large stakes or options to buy stakes in Anthropic, highlighting the strategic ties between chipmakers or hyperscalers and the AI labs.
    — Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Few designers are as identified with this look as Piero Portaluppi (1888–1967), the Rationalist architect behind the iconic Villa Necchi Campiglio and Casa Corbellini-Wassermann.
    — Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of designers

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