custom-make
Americanverb (used with object)
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DS Smith is developing technology to custom-make boxes for Amazon that will help reduce large gaps in packages that increase freight costs.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2018
Then I eventually contacted a bunch of companies that make these fidget spinners to see if they can custom-make one.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2017
That has forced states to find alternative drugs, purchased mostly from loosely regulated pharmacies that custom-make medications.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2014
For more than 40 years, Arte de Mexico has been unobtrusively helping designers all over the world find or custom-make exquisite pieces of lighting, furnishings and décor that speak of Old World elegance and craftsmanship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2014
I can custom-make them fat free and salt free.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2010
A 16-year-old boy in Canada put a 10-second voice message from his crush into an AI platform called Character.AI to create a custom-made bot that uses the girl’s voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
He used iPads after their creation and even worked with developers to create custom-made apps, according to a National Portrait Gallery profile.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The maskers needed custom-made costumes—especially Venetian-style “domino” cloaks—as well as wax masks and hired carriages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
He agreed on one condition - that he could bring Kosmo, his custom-made synthesiser and drum machine that travels in six separate flight cases.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
He was looking to hire an executive director for community affairs, a job that seemed almost custom-made for me.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
I love custom-making something for someone, and I don’t love having 12 of the same thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
Other members of his research team said later they had taken only "baby steps" toward the goal of starting with a digital file and custom-making an organism.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2010
On the contrary, man might be described as a custom-making animal with more justice than by many of the short descriptions.
From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Bagehot, Walter
The ready formation of custom-making groups in early society must have been greatly helped by the easy divisions of that society.
From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Bagehot, Walter
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