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builder

[bil-der] / ˈbɪl dər /


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The Atlanta home builder posted earnings of $475.7 million, or $2.53 a share, down from $585.8 million, or $2.96 a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Raised in Queens, the son of a builder and a dressmaker, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife of 41 years, Katherine, and still takes the subway to watch his beloved Knicks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The gloomy builder outlook could be an opportunity for home buyers who can afford current home prices.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The 68-year-old was frightened and found it hard to sleep after a rogue builder left her roof with dislodged bricks and blocked gutters.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

While code breaking was Elizebeth’s forte, she was also a top-notch code builder.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

To drive builders to construct eligible homes, the measure would allow them to opt into a “qualified builder” option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Dozens of builders had been working on the upper floors when it collapsed, but managed to emerge largely unscathed.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

More home builders are cutting prices on new houses even as their construction costs increase, as buyers flee the housing market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Discovery’s film and TV studios and HBO Max, which investors saw as a sign of weakness for a company whose leaders long said they were builders, not buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Over the centuries, the engineers and builders of the Corporation of London had learned to make the outward flow of the river and the inward surge of the tide come together more or less smoothly.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman


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