purpose-built
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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This estate is one of the very first purpose-built council house estates in Wales, built in the inter-war years.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
These days fiber cables are laid by purpose-built ships using proven methods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
These purpose-built technologies include programmable liquid-cooling and rack-control appliances.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The Oklahoma City Thunder have the Spurs on the brink of elimination in Game 6, giving Wembanyama’s purpose-built home-court advantage one last chance to provide the crucial edge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
In this sense the place was like modern purpose-built political capitals, such as Washington, D.C., or Canberra, Australia, with sanctifying civic monuments to compensate for a lack of real history.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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