carpenters

Definition of carpentersnext
present tense third-person singular of carpenter
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  • Hartthijs de Vries, the 29-year-old who has been with the team for every year of their existence, hammers the pace at the front to keep the breakaway in check.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Ambrey Taylor hammers her eighth homer of the year off Texas pitcher Citlaly Gutierrez, and the Tide are rolling.
    Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Apr. 2026
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  • The director pieces the film together in elliptical fashion.
    Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Bristol location of IDEX Health & Science engineers and manufactures plastic manifolds and fluidic assemblies for the in-vitro diagnostics bio market.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2026
  • The nonprofit, which offers diapers and other supplies to families experiencing homelessness and poverty, manufactures its own diapers, according to a fact sheet provided to reporters.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
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  • The heat of your hands molds it into shape, and a quick rinse with cold soapy water resets it.
    Jamie Thilman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
  • To make them, Espiricueta renders leftover brisket fat in the oven overnight, strains the liquid, steeps it with shallots, garlic, and herbs, and molds the mixture into votives.
    Patricia Kaowthumrong, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Zoox is a subsidiary of Amazon that builds autonomous robotaxis, which look very different from other rivals.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • Conversation builds emotional awareness.
    Jonathan Avery, STAT, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Amadeus is a portrait of a man realizing his own inferiority and losing his religion as a result, and Bettany’s incredible rendition of Salieri shapes the series’ rumination on who yearns to command a stage and why.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 May 2026
  • More than any other figure, his influence shapes the military tempo and the scope of escalation.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Other textures considered, Dulude-De Celles also fashions a film about exile and estrangement and sacrificing one’s identity in pursuit of self-preservation, about what a place can do to people.
    Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The collision of genres fashions a delicate niche, but Planet X’s most striking moments are its most deconstructed.
    Pete Tosiello, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Wearing an Old 97’s T-shirt that hints at his Texas days, the shaggy haired promoter is putting out small fires ahead of the first major show at the 4,500-seat Grind City Amp, a new venue six years in the making, whose soaring stage frames Bluff City’s riverside skyline.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Like so many historical myths, this swashbuckling tale of pirates, court accusations, and gossip, which frames the rags-to-riches emergence of this American family, is rife with historical fiction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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“Carpenters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carpenters. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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