as in inventors
one who creates or introduces something new
credited as the designer of the first sneaker specifically intended for distance running
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Recent Examples of designers
This season, younger designers leant into heavy knitwear pieces, embracing ancient crafts by collaborating with local artisans to create sustainable wools, alongside innovating with materials and form.
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Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
This flexibility allows designers to combine multiple functions in a single microscopic system.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Fortune recently spoke with Brian Galle, a UC Berkeley professor, leading wealth tax expert, and one of the designers of the billionaires tax ballot proposal.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Those systems are bought by chip foundries like Taiwanese company TSMC, which are contracted by chip designers like Nvidia.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Here, Rath and four other designers share their top favorite types of pieces to search for when thrifting with a project in mind.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
Already, PoseSwin’s designers could begin to track how and where these predators moved in search of seasonal food.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2026
The production’s global team of writers, designers and AI specialists used Salesforce’s Slack to collaborate.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
As the sector transitions from the initial brute-force stage of training large models to the challenge of running them affordably and efficiently on a large scale, designers are dividing into rival factions.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
This flexibility allows designers to combine multiple functions in a single microscopic system.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Fortune recently spoke with Brian Galle, a UC Berkeley professor, leading wealth tax expert, and one of the designers of the billionaires tax ballot proposal.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Those systems are bought by chip foundries like Taiwanese company TSMC, which are contracted by chip designers like Nvidia.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Here, Rath and four other designers share their top favorite types of pieces to search for when thrifting with a project in mind.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
Already, PoseSwin’s designers could begin to track how and where these predators moved in search of seasonal food.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2026
The production’s global team of writers, designers and AI specialists used Salesforce’s Slack to collaborate.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
As the sector transitions from the initial brute-force stage of training large models to the challenge of running them affordably and efficiently on a large scale, designers are dividing into rival factions.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for designers
Noun
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At the same time, the United States must defend itself against intellectual property theft, which costs American inventors $225 billion annually.—
Aaron Seibert,
Boston Herald,
18 Jan. 2026
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He also is regarded as one of the inventors of the butterfly style of goaltending, later adopted by some of the greatest to play the position.—
Chris Kuc,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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That last-minute development is reviving debate about the extent of state support for Vanke, one of the last major developers to have avoided an outright default after a broader property market slump sparked record debt failures in recent years.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Under the plan, developers will move 70 percent of construction activity to off-site manufacturing.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Instead of capturing footage, creators generate shots, often multiple variations of the same scene, then select and refine the results.—
Paul Ratner,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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Co-creators and hosts Woods and Nigel Poor, who taught visual arts at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, met at the prison’s media center.—
Victoria Valenzuela,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The program is open to founders and early-stage companies in Charlotte, or those planning to establish themselves here.—
Chase Jordan
January 14,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Jan. 2026
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Inspired by the founders’ personal stories, the brand explores how fashion can reconnect people and cultures and redefine the value of clothing.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
13 Jan. 2026
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