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builder

[bil-der] / ˈbɪl dər /


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Most towns and local governments have rules on how big a lot must be for a builder to construct a single-family home on it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Morgan Stanley isn't so enthusiastic about the home builder.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Warburg Pincus is only interested in Ingenia if the company halts its proposed acquisition of Australia-listed home builder Peet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"We do not believe additional blanket inspections are necessary. There is already a comprehensive framework of regulation, building control, warranties and builder quality assurance in place."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

But the builder would not count his winnings before they were in his hands.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

“Talking with large shell contractors, large builders, I don’t think they fully anticipated or estimated the amount of immigrant labor that are on our job sites every day,” said Brannock, the Jacksonville builder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, hyperscalers like Amazon.com and Google and the builders of their AI data centers—the so-called neoclouds like CoreWeave, Nebius and Crusoe—are piling on debt to fund the build-out of their AI hubs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In Asia, China’s space-infrastructure funding through the third quarter surged to 2.7 times its 2025 total, led by mega-rounds for commercial satellite builders.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Higher mortgage rates make it costlier for builders to buy forward commitments from lenders, which is an agreement to buy mortgages in bulk at a below-market rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

A cascade of work flowed to their firm, partly because Root managed to solve a puzzle that had bedeviled Chicago builders ever since the city’s founding.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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