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.
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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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“Cursor started with the developer experience and they go backwards,” Skoog told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026
The developer has said pre-sales of the title - one of the most anticipated gaming releases to date - will begin on 25 June, both on digital stores like PlayStation Store and other select retailers.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Tim Krantz, professor emeritus at the University of Redlands, recalled being tapped along with Steers to serve as expert witnesses for the eagles in a lawsuit against a developer over a different project.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft have each recently hosted their big software developer events, and all of them punted on adding age estimation to their platforms.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
The college didn't want a farm, so it sold all the surrounding land to a developer who put in roads, sidewalks, and sewers, divided it up into lots, and sold it to builders.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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