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Recent Examples of do-it-yourselfer
One do-it-yourselfer demonstrating step-by-step how to rewire an electrical outlet via a TikTok video replaces thousands of dads and grandpas who could do the same thing.
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Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for do-it-yourselfer
Noun
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After 18 years working as an assistive mobility technology repairman, Tim Kiley grew sick of watching people wait for weeks or months to have their wheelchairs repaired.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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With a father who worked as a telephone repairman and a mother who was a school bus driver, Maher recalled that money was tight growing up in his 2021 book Framed in Monte Carlo: How I Was Wrongfully Convicted for a Billionaire’s Fiery Death.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Kentucky resident servicemen or women on furlough of more than three days.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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The act allowed American servicemen to bring their non-American spouses and children to the United States.—
Anna Storti,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rufe Davis played Floyd Smoot, the banjo-playing handyman at the Shady Rest Hotel.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Roger Ewing, the long and lean actor who portrayed the deputy marshal and handyman Thad Greenwood for two seasons on Gunsmoke in the 1960s, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This one might seem obvious, but even the most skilled renovator makes mistakes here.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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More than a decade later, in January 2024, Acebedo-Garcia met with Wedding and his number two, a 35-year-old former Toronto elevator mechanic named Andrew Clark, at a Starbucks in one of Mexico City’s most upscale neighborhoods, called Santa Fe.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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Mayor Bass also secured 17 positions for supply and maintenance staffing, including heavy-duty mechanics, mechanic helpers, tire repairers, maintenance laborers, toolroom workers, truck operators and more.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The accuser reported the assault during a doctor's appointment in December, according to court documents.—
Lori Dunn,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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At first, doctors sent them home from the hospital with instructions to monitor her symptoms.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Though it was repaired, the repairer kept fragments for himself.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Nov. 2025
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“Do-it-yourselfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do-it-yourselfer. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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