Thesaurus results for BUILDER

builder

noun

Definition of builder

as in craftsman

a person or company that builds or repairs things (such as houses or ships) They hired a team of builders to carry out the renovation.

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as in designer

a person or organization that creates something (such as a business) He was one of the great empire builders of the 20th century.

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Recent Examples of builder Widely recognized among bettors as the premier option for Same Game Parlays thanks to the bet builder and real-time odds updates. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Other model builders later revealed cyber incidents caused by rogue AI agents. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Working with Urban Pioneering Architecture, Haughton corralled an all-Caribbean team of craftsmen and builders to renovate the four-story town house. — Camille Okhio, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026 Mel Wonder, a musician, bike builder, and coffee-tech business owner based in Queensland, Australia. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for builder

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Working with Urban Pioneering Architecture, Haughton corralled an all-Caribbean team of craftsmen and builders to renovate the four-story town house.

— Camille Okhio, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
The white clapboard exterior topped with typical Norse dragon heads was taken back into the family in 1995 by Haeger’s great great granddaughter Ellika Modenfelt, who painstakingly restored it to its former glory with the help of local craftsmen.

— Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of craftsman

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The ChatGPT maker is also working with iPhone designer Jony Ive on consumer devices, but its first offering does not appear to be a wearable, according to Bloomberg.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
For the show, which was held at the Bibliothèque Sainte Geneviève, the designer asked guests to bring a favorite book.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of designer

Noun

Swedish architect Martin Brudnizki dressed it in bold Art Deco and an electric color palette that doesn't apologize for existing on Sunset Boulevard.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Misheck Mutize, AfCRA’s chief architect, acknowledged that the agency’s main role would be to steer Africa’s $4 trillion savings into African assets rather than changing how foreign investors see the continent.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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Another ideological ally is Peter Thiel, a co-founder of software firm Palantir who temporarily moved his family to Buenos Aires in April.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Axios reported in June that Virtue AI co-founders Bo Li, Dawn Song, and Sanmi Koyejo were joining Meta along with other employees from the startup.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of founder

Noun

The company said the collaboration is also intended to help train battery engineers and technicians in Michigan.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Andersen was not an engineer by training; his background was in the Danish banking and facilities management sectors.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of engineer

Noun

Ellison clinched the deal by sweetening the offer price and bringing his father, Larry Ellison, in to personally guarantee funding.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Gyllenhaal’s father, Stephen Gyllenhaal, is a director and her mother, Naomi Foner, a screenwriter.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of father

Noun

Atlantika Films’ Nano Arrieta-creator and producer with Claudia Ruíz — shares the writing room with Popy Blasco, Ibai Ariztegi and Bárbara Zemelman.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Official outlets can quote from posts on fake accounts whose creators masquerade as ordinary members of the public, making a fringe claim seem normal.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of creator

Noun

That presents a sizable potential pipeline of future business for Europe’s turbine makers.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Postnikoff, a comms and marketing specialist who helped shape the international profiles of Schitt’s Creek and Anne With an E, has been working at Wild Cards maker Blink49 since June last year.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

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