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Recent Examples of carpenter
With a dedicated ad campaign fronted by Clint 419, the founder of steetwear brand Corteiz, and Italian actor Alessandro Borghi, the collection is comprised of about 18 looks spanning outerwear, overshirts, utility vests, jeans and carpenter denim pants.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noma’s dining room, by contrast, is meticulously carpentered together, from the peaked ceiling to the bare floor, out of sanded oak and Douglas fir.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noma’s dining room, by contrast, is meticulously carpentered together, from the peaked ceiling to the bare floor, out of sanded oak and Douglas fir.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carpenter
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Crisis in Persian Gulf pushes gas prices higher Sky-high gasoline prices are hammering drivers across the United States as the Iran war chokes off global oil supply.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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On the economic side, laws like PAGA have turned labor enforcement into a jackpot for trial lawyers, hammering small businesses with endless lawsuits over minor technicalities.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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The project is particularly acrimonious, drawing out geographical battles between north and south and thorny fights between officials who want to build the tunnel and environmentalists and Delta residents seeking to protect the local ecosystem and their way of life.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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If companies want to build data centers, for example, they should be required not only to absorb any electricity-cost increases but also to pay for upgrades to our grid infrastructure.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Those panels are color-molded, not painted.—
Ben Coxworth
May 01,
New Atlas,
1 May 2026
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Paglen traces magickal attempts to mold reality back to midcentury covert operations such as the CIA’s infamous MKUltra program—the one exploring mind control through electroshock therapy, hypnosis, and LSD.—
Louis Bury,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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The style, which was entirely manufactured in the United States, and is offered for men in two colorways and crafted from premium full-grain leather.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 May 2026
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In Minneapolis, a former World War II facility manufacturing five-inch gun mounts for Navy vessels turns the former ordnance plant into an industrial park.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Nguyen and Akhavan also worked with architects and engineers to make the necessary alternations to Canada’s permanent building in the Giardini, while protecting the tree that it is constructed around.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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Large infrastructure projects like this one are complex — a two-mile bridge can’t be designed or constructed overnight.—
Katie Thomson,
Baltimore Sun,
6 May 2026
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Joey Garrison The White House plans to serve King Charles, Queen Camilla and other guests dover sole meunière ‒ a premium French fish dish ‒ as the main course of Tuesday's royal state dinner followed by a chocolate gâteau shaped like a beehive for dessert.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jalen Johnson led Atlanta with 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while CJ McCollum, who had shaped too much of this series already, was limited to six points on 3-for-10 shooting.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Friendships were forged over sudsy beverages — often, for us, in the form of a Mexican Chocolate Stout or the Citrus Paradisi IPA.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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The Avalanche, who surrendered the fewest goals in the regular season, jumped out to a 3-0 lead over the almost-as-stingy Wild less than seven minutes into the game only to have to sweat it out and forge a comeback themselves after Minnesota scored five of the next six goals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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Under Bobby Cox, the Braves would fashion the longest run of regular-season excellence in the history of baseball, winning 14 consecutive division championships with all manner of players and teams but with one formidable constant — the manager.—
Mark Bradley for the AJC,
AJC.com,
9 May 2026
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Scenic designer Tim Mackabee has fashioned a comfortable A-frame house interior with living room dominated by the piano, a central couch, a card table and a kitchen off to the side.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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“Carpenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carpenter. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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