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as in craftsman
a person or company that builds or repairs things (such as houses or ships)
They hired a team of builders to carry out the renovation.
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as in designer
a person or organization that creates something (such as a business)
He was one of the great empire builders of the 20th century.
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Recent Examples of builder
But oysters are more than an image-builder for Platner.
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Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
At just 21, Kirill Avery, already the builder of Europe’s most viral social app at age 16 and the youngest solo founder at the time backed by Y Combinator at age 18, launched a radical experiment.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
The partnership signals both the rising prominence of culturally relevant fashion brands and the evolution of regional luxury groups from retail and distribution partners to active brand builders.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Finding first basemen, Preller has mostly underperformed the bright results of many of the franchise’s other team-builders.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
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Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
At just 21, Kirill Avery, already the builder of Europe’s most viral social app at age 16 and the youngest solo founder at the time backed by Y Combinator at age 18, launched a radical experiment.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
The partnership signals both the rising prominence of culturally relevant fashion brands and the evolution of regional luxury groups from retail and distribution partners to active brand builders.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Finding first basemen, Preller has mostly underperformed the bright results of many of the franchise’s other team-builders.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for builder
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That could be with an incredible craftsman who makes a perfect mattress for a great night’s sleep, for example.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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He's been around and really is an amazing writer, amazing craftsman, really understands the industry, and was really able to dig into these characters.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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After exiting Dior in May, the Italian designer on Tuesday was appointed chief creative officer of Fendi.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 1982 in the northern Italian town of Ravarino by designer Massimo Osti, Stone Island is known for its garment-dyeing expertise and technical fabrics, seen via products like its thermo-sensitive jackets, which change color in response to temperature.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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And, while large-scale armies were attacking one another with a vast arsenal of technological advancements, De Stijl architects and theorists were observing great opportunities for a better world based on this massive scale and these new technologies.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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The story centers on New York architect Tate Donovan, who is eager for a fresh start after losing his sister and travels to Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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Paris dominated global fashion traffic, accounting for 49 percent of views compared with 25 percent for Milan, 17 percent for New York and 9 percent for London, Tagwalk founder and chief executive officer Alexandra Van Houtte said during a presentation on Thursday.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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But so far, no other competitors — including Boeing and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin — have been able to offer anything close to what SpaceX has.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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Flexible, adaptable, and capable of navigating spaces once unreachable, these robots are designed to move like living organisms, transforming how doctors perform surgeries or how engineers inspect machinery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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There is a firefighter, a trainee pilot, engineers.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The reason the belief is so strong is because of the lessons his father, Lionel Sr,.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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It’s been two years since Nowell became the lead singer in Sublime, the same band once headed by his late father, Bradley Nowell.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Of that group of six, two (Weapons and Sinners) were spun whole cloth from their creators' imaginations, with The Black Phone, Final Destination, and The Conjuring follow-ons from franchises that began as original IP.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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The brand has also gotten a boost from TikTok, where content creators share videos of their Comfort Colors products that viewers can purchase via the platform's shopping feature.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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The maker of brands such as KitKat and Nesquik named Navratil its new CEO last month after dismissing long-time company executive Laurent Frexie, who served as chief executive for one year before an undisclosed romantic relationship with a subordinate came to light.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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These unresolved controversies, none of which has resulted in formal charges, do not change the fact of Allen’s signal artistic accomplishments as a film-maker.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Builder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/builder. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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