Thesaurus results for BUILDERS

builders

noun

plural of builder

as in craftsmen

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 Its scale allows for multiple blocks subdivided into smaller parcels and developed over time by a range of builders. —

Alicia Pederson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 In addition to aiding in disease management, winter wheat and rye are great soil builders. —

Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026 Professional builders and remodelers rely on steady access to materials, and Home Depot invested in services tailored specifically to those needs. —

Alexandria Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 One of Los Angeles’ most influential home builders, KB Home, is relocating its headquarters out of state, becoming the latest high-profile firm to do so. —

Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 The model was released to a small group of technology firms and critical software builders, which will use the model in their defensive security work and share their findings with Anthropic under a new initiative called Project Glasswing. —

Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2026 Originally introduced in 1944—made of builders’ canvas for hauling ice—it’s still made in Maine, one tote at a time, tested to hold 500 pounds. —

Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026 Researchers speculate that the builders may have been strangers to the area—possibly migrants from what is now Latvia, whose low rampart structures are similar to this one—who found themselves in conflict with local communities. —

Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 8 Apr. 2026 The new product promises to offer PC builders a way to create both a powerful gaming rig and an elite workstation in a single unit using a 16-core chip compatible with AM5 motherboards. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026

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In this case, these ancient craftsmen figured out how to sparingly use Cinnabar, which spoke less to the affluent family’s budget, but rather a common practice to mix iron oxide and cinnabar that included a primer.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
Contractors donated labor, neighbors brought materials, and craftsmen recreated details that no longer existed anywhere else.

— Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2026