builder
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One local official said the builder is among the 10 biggest companies in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Tail Town prides itself on being a community builder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
And keep in mind the company announced during the quarter, on May 31, that it was buying home builder Taylor Morris Home in a deal with an equity value of $6.8 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
Duffy, who worked as a builder before his retirement, lives in a studio flat which backs on to the garden owned by his neighbour, the court heard.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Two carpenters volunteered, as did a teacher, a mechanic, a coach builder, and a playing-card maker.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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But an increasing amount of those sales are actually within prebuilt components, such as frame sections for houses, built to specifications provided by the builders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The burned waste at the site included several old mattresses, a fridge freezer, builders waste, car tyres, a cement mixer and wood panelling.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Just as importantly, it would need a dependable system for delivering the materials those builders require.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The city’s 3-to-1 imbalance of jobs to housing is one of the biggest in the country and a lure for builders, said apartment developer Chris Tourtellotte.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
They already were short the stocks of mortgage originators and the home builders.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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