constructor
Americannoun
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constructors
plural
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a person or thing that builds.
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a person or company engaged in the construction business.
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a person who devises crossword puzzles.
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But feeding the Barbary macaques is "not a great idea, because you can hurt them, because you give them anything", added the constructor designer.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
The chief constructor tells me his firm built a fancy new zoo and redesigned a central park before the invasion.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024
The Leclerc finish helped Ferrari cut its deficit to Mercedes to four points for second in the constructor championship heading into next week’s finale at Abu Dhabi.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
Mr. Licht also named Chris Marlin, a friend for decades who worked for the Florida-based home constructor Lennar, as the executive vice president of strategy and business operations.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
The lake has remained to our time, and is still called by the name of the constructor, the lake of Moeris.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
Not for constructors like India-born Mangesh Ghogre, who came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa to make puzzles and who cleverly works Indian themes into his grids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
With a third-place finish for Oscar Piastri, McLaren extended their constructors championship lead to 41 points.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
For language constructors — conlangers, as they are known — such small touches enhance the verisimilitude of even gigantic edifices like the “Dune” series.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
Max Verstappen won the driver championship with six races remaining on the schedule, and Red Bull locked up the constructors title even earlier.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Such suction plants are now built by all the leading gas engine constructors for powers varying from 10 to 500 i.h.p.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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