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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
Indeed, this language of growth matches how the builders of these systems describe the process.
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Tharin Pillay, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
CertiK positions itself in this space by offering a security model that supports builders from their earliest concept through real-world deployment.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
In 2024, builders delivered close to 20,000 new apartments, nearly double the recent historical average.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
The builder said the 24-parcel development is expected to receive the full designation once construction is complete, likely within about a year.
—Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Tharin Pillay, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
CertiK positions itself in this space by offering a security model that supports builders from their earliest concept through real-world deployment.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
In 2024, builders delivered close to 20,000 new apartments, nearly double the recent historical average.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
The builder said the 24-parcel development is expected to receive the full designation once construction is complete, likely within about a year.
—Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for builder
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Fast forward some three decades and today, Orms and his team of craftsmen have emerged as arguably the industry’s most esteemed engravers.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Adventures have taken children and parents from the Caribbean to India to Japan, bringing local storytellers, craftsmen, and guides into the narrative.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Stepping out in New York, Rih wore a tiger print, wool-blend jacquard coat by Alaïa (an enduring favorite designer for Rih), and matching tiger print calf hair pumps also by the French house, with little else.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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This flexibility allows designers to combine multiple functions in a single microscopic system.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Set inside a 17th-century former noble residence, the building has been a hotel since 1811—a grand, if slightly dusty, fixture of the Roman hospitality circuit—before having the cobwebs blown off courtesy of a four-year renovation overseen by the French-Mexican architect and designer Hugo Toro.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2026
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Adam Smith’s invisible hand coordinated the investors, architects, builders, and workers spending years getting the property in great shape for me and all of my neighbors.—
Edward Peter Stringham,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Every day the co-founder of YourChoice Therapeutics arrives at his startup’s office in San Francisco to do this work.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Star Parker is founder of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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By owning the payment rails, Papaya could reverse-engineer payroll around certainty by designing systems backward from the pay date.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Archaeologists in Italy recently unearthed a 2,000-year-old basilica linked to Vitruvius, the legendary engineer long known as the father of architecture.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Mu Hee’s visits her Uncle and Aunt, and requests them to ask her father the whereabouts of her mother.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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My immediate reaction was to run close to the section to aid in the protection and safety of my father and mother, who was with me.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Vacuum Bags for Travel TikTok creators swear by vacuum-seal bags for squeezing more clothing into a carry-on.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Jan. 2026
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That’s the pithy one-liner that menswear creator Elliot Duprey’s followers will sometimes parrot back to him on the streets of New York, after recognizing him from his videos.—
Ashley Ogawa Clarke,
Vogue,
12 Jan. 2026
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Acclaim Communications — a maker of computer switches — was bought by Level One Communications in 1998 for about $120 million.—
Bernadette Toh,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Public policy makers who funded mental institutions wanted to keep track of the number of people with particular disorders, but in an era of deinstitutionalization, numbers aren’t as important.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Builder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/builder. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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