custom-order
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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Marx said one possible advantage for Kraemer is that it will custom-order “super plasticizing, self-consolidating concrete,” so the high-rise bridge won’t have to compete with other projects needing standard concrete.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
The most recent hold-up involves waiting for his custom-order triple-hung windows to arrive.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2016
And in an era where you can custom-order any color of M&M’s online, in colors that used to be strictly unavailable, maybe other candy companies feel they need to flood the market.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2015
Jupiter Research found in a recent study that more than half of consumers were willing to pay $10 extra to custom-order a pair of $50 slacks--but not much more.
From Time Magazine Archive
We observe no industrial class struggle during Colonial times when the market remained purely local and the work was custom-order work.
From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig
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