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built to fit the needs or requirements of a particular person
a custom-built home The car is custom-built.
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Recent Examples of custom-built
The Athena team custom-built their own emergency stop system that can cut power to the robot almost instantly, either through physical controls or a wireless remote.
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New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
The Pixel 10 series uses Google’s homegrown Tensor G5 processor, custom-built for AI applications.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
But scientists have only tuned into this music of the spheres for about a decade, thanks to sophisticated observatories that were custom-built to pick up these reverberations—gravitational waves—which ripple otherwise unnoticed through the fabric of spacetime.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
The company's installers are trained and certified, and every product is custom-built to fit the specific dimensions of each opening.
—Community's Choice Awards, Florida Times-Union, 7 Mar. 2026
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New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
The Pixel 10 series uses Google’s homegrown Tensor G5 processor, custom-built for AI applications.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
But scientists have only tuned into this music of the spheres for about a decade, thanks to sophisticated observatories that were custom-built to pick up these reverberations—gravitational waves—which ripple otherwise unnoticed through the fabric of spacetime.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
The company's installers are trained and certified, and every product is custom-built to fit the specific dimensions of each opening.
—Community's Choice Awards, Florida Times-Union, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for custom-built
Adjective
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Turner, 36, was shown in a custom, blue, double-breasted jacket with matching pants, shirt and tie by Ferragamo.—
Maria Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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Of the Deck’s major competitors, only the $600 Asus ROG Xbox Ally (and its AMD Ryzen Z2 A processor, which is very similar to the Deck’s semi-custom AMD chip) is significantly cheaper than the Steam Deck.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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Guests can also order customized barrel heads, or lids, to take home.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Broadcom lost 12% after the company, which designs and makes customized artificial intelligence chips for other technology names, reported weaker-than-expected earnings on Wednesday.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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However, instead of the pilot starting the engines during pushback and the tug disconnecting afterward, TaxiBot remains attached to the nose gear via a specialized pivoting clamping platform.—
David Szondy
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2026
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Hypersonic test programs rely on complex launch infrastructure General Hypersonics highlighted that while many high-speed and hypersonic test programs rely on complex launch infrastructure, including carrier aircrafts and rocket boosters, and specialized ranges and extensive mission planning.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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“Custom-built.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/custom-built. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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