Thesaurus results for BUILDERS

builders

noun

plural of builder

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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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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 builders Our goal is to make the best jeans in America, build them here, tell the truth about how they’re made, and inspire the next generation of builders to do the same. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 29 June 2026 The best controllers are enterprise builders, not financial engineers. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026 With their flamboyant costumes and choreography, the group became a pop culture phenomenon, targeting disco's large gay audience with camp fantasy characters of butch builders, bikers, cowboys and soldiers. — CBS News, 1 July 2026 Today, Sauk Trail, which once weaved its way from Rock Island and the Mississippi River on the west to Indiana and beyond, has been chopped, diced, and sliced by road builders. — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 From Better Products To Better Venture Architecture Systems thinking changes how founders and venture builders think about funding. — Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 More than half of builders (53%) spent over $1,500, and 20% landed between $1,000 and $2,000, a bracket mostly filled by first-time DIY projects. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

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Noun

Businesses and craftsmen around the world are continuing to post congratulations for the soon-to-be newlyweds.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Yet many of the finest craftsmen of the era—the same goldsmiths and silversmiths creating luxury objects for aristocratic clients—were also producing watches.

— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 July 2026

Definition of craftsmen

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Photographer Phil Oh captures the drama and frivolity in Paris as designers present their latest couture collections.

— Phil Oh, Vogue, 7 July 2026
Ngo was conscious to include not only female designers (historically underrepresented in cutlery design), but also those who would use the brief to make a typical Western cutlery set more applicable to different cultures.

— Jessica Salter, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of designers

Noun

To move forward, architects and IT Leaders must bridge the gap between innovation goals and the underlying complexity that limits them.

— Sam Rastogi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Buyers can also opt for move-in-ready residences designed by BAR Architects & Interiors beginning at $15 million or work with One Carmel’s roster of architects to create custom homes.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 June 2026

Definition of architects

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Praising his contributions both before and after independence, Calvert believes Dickinson should be placed alongside Adams, Jefferson and others among the elite of founders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Willis, who was one of the group's founders in the 1970s, died one day shy of his 75th birthday.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of founders

Noun

Ford, meanwhile, has hired hundreds of engineers to do the work that artificial intelligence software could not.

— Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
Microsoft, which has invested approximately $13 billion in OpenAI and writes up to 30 percent of its own code with generative AI, instructed engineers in a major division to stop using an AI coding assistant because the bills became untenable.

— Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of engineers

Noun

What’s changed is how major studios approach the creators behind it.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Those partnerships – with creators, original-work publishers, directors, and local licensees in international markets – are, Nishimoto says, the connective tissue that makes the whole operation function.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 July 2026

Definition of creators

Noun

Riders, bicycle-makers, drivers, pedestrians and lawmakers need to have their heads on swivels, as some have been too complacent about the dangers.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
From candy makers to bakers and wedding favor brands, people and companies around the world appear to be capitalizing on what could be the biggest wedding of the era.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026

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