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developer

[dih-vel-uh-per] / dɪˈvɛl ə pər /
NOUN
real estate developer
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Dan Miller, a 43-year-old software developer in Raleigh, N.C., found the banana hooks he made to hang under his cabinet weren’t strong enough to support certain loads.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Fantasy Parliament, external is a browser-based game designed by another UK-based developer, Evan Roberts, which lets players draft their own fantasy league of real-world MPs, scoring points based on their real-life media coverage.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The 125,000-square-foot upscale mall, featuring shops, restaurants and a movie theater, survived the blaze but required renovations that cost its owner and developer Rick Caruso more than $100 million, including major infrastructure work.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

The Stoxx Europe 600 technology index was 0.02% higher, led by German software developer Nemetschek, which is up 9.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

When we’re past Broadway, Papi sighs for the umpteenth time and says, “Colin’s selling the building. A developer offered him a lot of money.”

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

The economics might not matter as much in China, given that all of its leading AI developers have state support and AI is seen there as a strategic priority.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

As the University of Pennsylvania’s Lee put it, Google is running a different AI strategy than companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, which are primarily developing models and selling tokens to application developers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

EU officials have agreed to study an experimental vaccine against Lyme disease, the world's most common tick-borne illness, its developers said Friday.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Zuckerberg’s hope is that these developers will use that freedom to develop user-friendly apps and businesses that will eventually usher in utopian AI tech to the average person.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Down the block the neighborhood dead-ended in abandoned farmland that Mami read in the local paper the developers were negotiating to buy.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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