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purpose-built

adjective

  1. made to serve a specific purpose

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The robotic equipment deployed on Tesla’s factory floors don’t — they look like purpose-built machines, suited for their work.

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But when the scientists moved the walls of their purpose-built arena to change its shape, the participants started making mistakes.

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The only plan never tried at scale is a network of purpose-built accommodation centres - or "camps" as some would prefer them to be.

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"Woodley School delivers excellent education and support, and this new purpose-built facility will allow us to extend that offer to even more children and young people," she said.

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"Ealing-specific factors" included an more new purpose-built private sector homes and improved transport connections.

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