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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 Coach Bill Belichick and QB Tom Brady were the Patriots’ architects and constants. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026 Certainly, our communities need these facilities, and Illinois’ talented architects are well equipped to deliver spaces to meet those needs. — Joan Steffen, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 And that is exactly the freedom that architects are usually not given in the building process. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026 This vision of modernity, oriented towards the future, never materialized in the way its architects foresaw. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 It’s paid down by architects who insist on single definitions, engineers who insist on lineage and executives who insist on paying the interest. — Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 That means engineers, architects, artists, and even designers of clothing, jewelry, toys, games, and other products will easily be able to create optomechanisms for their own unique purposes. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 Take the 1967 Africa Pavilion in Accra, designed for the Ghana International Trade Fair by a trio of Polish architects, Victor Adegbite, Jacek Chyrosz, and Stanisław Rymaszewski. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026 Eventually, Internet architects developed a series of measures to prevent such hijacking. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for architects
  1. engineers
  2. masterminds
  3. leaders
  4. designers
Noun
  • How floating solar panels work Instead of attaching panels to racks planted in the ground, engineers mount them on floating platforms.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Now, civil engineer Jishen Qiu and his team wondered if engineers could exploit Mars’s hostile climate, rather than fighting the planet’s extremely low temperature.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of engineers
Noun
  • Prosecutors alleged that Donna was one of the masterminds behind Markel’s murder, helping to fund the contract killing, which was estimated to cost even more than $100,000, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Among them is wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, one of the masterminds behind the attack on Pearl Harbor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of masterminds
Noun
  • Business leaders can’t predict their way through today’s turbulent environment—and should stop trying.
    — Danny Vincent, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Evans walked into the 49ers locker room, with a lot of veteran leaders, and has fit in well.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaders
Noun
  • This is the emerging challenge for leaders, designers and policymakers.
    — Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • View gallery - 11 images The humble shipping container is little more than a basic metal box, but designers and architects never seem to run out of ideas for what to do with it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of designers

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“Architects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architects. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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