custom-build
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of custom-build
First recorded in 1955–60
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The company will further press its one-platform-fits-all strategy with a new AI tool that it says will custom-build ad inventory based around cultural events that interest advertisers but aren’t on YouTube’s calendar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Ms Curtin says: "We will have a development that has showcased the benefits of self and custom-build to the UK market, and its legacy is, it's not just in Bicester, it is replicated."
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2023
It had taken Sheriff nearly six years to custom-build the four-wheeled drum set, a painstaking process filled with fits and setbacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
In order to comply, Yahoo had to custom-build spy software.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2016
The Lavin-recruited players whom he plans to custom-build his program around are a rangy, fast bunch.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2011
“When we covered this company before, we viewed it as a unique custom-building software machine that had extraordinary alignment of software engineering, sales, and a pricing model for continuous transformational outcomes,” the analysts wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
One way to bring down costs would be to develop ready-to-install components, rather than custom-building each one.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
The firm thrived by borrowing to finance its work of custom-building homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
After all, said the President, no one could just walk into a department store and buy a second front: such a move took months of custom-building.
From Time Magazine Archive
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and her NFL star husband, Jonathan Owens, are bidding farewell to the Texas home they lived in while putting the finishing touches on their custom-built dream mansion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
His custom-built cutlery bins, meanwhile, are exactly proportional to the length of his spoons and knives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
It had an observatory and planetarium and featured custom-built domes, specialized solar-observation telescopes, and a natural science education centre.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He hired an architect to price out a custom-built home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
And we were glad to have them around at first—especially when they presented our women with a gift to surpass all gifts: a custom-built domestic servant.
From Backlash by Winston K. Marks
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