custom-build
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of custom-build
First recorded in 1955–60
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The company will further press its one-platform-fits-all strategy with a new AI tool that it says will custom-build ad inventory based around cultural events that interest advertisers but aren’t on YouTube’s calendar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Andy Detwiler lost his arms as a child and learned how to use his feet to drive a tractor, feed animals and custom-build farm equipment.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
It had taken Sheriff nearly six years to custom-build the four-wheeled drum set, a painstaking process filled with fits and setbacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
The sled whispers through the snow, broken only by the panting of eight dogs working in harmony, pulling Paige Drobny on her custom-build race-sled, built by her husband and fellow racer, Cody Strathe.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2018
In order to comply, Yahoo had to custom-build spy software.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2016
“When we covered this company before, we viewed it as a unique custom-building software machine that had extraordinary alignment of software engineering, sales, and a pricing model for continuous transformational outcomes,” the analysts wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
One way to bring down costs would be to develop ready-to-install components, rather than custom-building each one.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
After all, said the President, no one could just walk into a department store and buy a second front: such a move took months of custom-building.
From Time Magazine Archive
The firm thrived by borrowing to finance its work of custom-building homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He hired an architect to price out a custom-built home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
With software custom-built for this partnership, StarCompliance will be able to monitor trades in real-time, and flag suspicious activity to their clients.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
There are 17 stations with Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation and custom-built gaming PCs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Using a custom-built noncontact sensing system called HackKey, the team recorded the movements of all 88 piano keys at a speed of 1,000 frames per second and with microscopic spatial precision.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
Stepping into the supply room, he stripped down to his undergarments and proceeded to get into the custom-built suit of armor which he had purchased expressly for the operation.
From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.
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