developer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that develops or innovates.
a software developer.
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Photography. a reducing agent or solution for developing a film or the like.
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a person who invests in and develops the urban or suburban potentialities of real estate, especially by subdividing the land into home sites and then building houses and selling them.
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Shipbuilding. a person who lays out at full size the lines of a vessel and prepares templates from them.
noun
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a person or thing that develops something, esp a person who develops property
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photog a solution of a chemical reducing agent that converts the latent image recorded in the emulsion of a film or paper into a visible image
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The Shanghai-based web developer says he finds the weekly calls with his parents stressful.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
The deal will be financed by bank debt against the development as well as AHS Properties’ equity, the luxury real estate developer said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The developer estimates the project will take 15 years to complete and require $1 billion to $2 billion in private, philanthropic and taxpayer funds that have yet to be secured.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
“The cost per token on Fable 5… can very quickly consume relatively large developer budgets,” wrote New Street Research analyst Dan Salmon in a research note.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
She would crack the bathroom window and go to bed, and by the time Pearl woke, the sour smell of developer would be gone.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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