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custom-make

[kuhs-tuhm-meyk] / ˈkʌs təmˈmeɪk /


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“We actually custom-make devices for patients’ individual anatomy,” Breedlove said.

From Washington Times Jun. 27, 2020

DS Smith is developing technology to custom-make boxes for Amazon that will help reduce large gaps in packages that increase freight costs.

From Reuters Feb. 23, 2018

Many came on the arm of designers, who custom-make their looks for the occasion, often in some sort of accordance with the exhibition theme.

From New York Times May 4, 2016

So, the only thing we manufacturer in the U.S. are now simple items, canvas bags that we can bring in, it's a basic color, it's easily available, I do not have to custom-make for myself.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2015

For more than 40 years, Arte de Mexico has been unobtrusively helping designers all over the world find or custom-make exquisite pieces of lighting, furnishings and décor that speak of Old World elegance and craftsmanship.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2014

Dark-fleet vessels were also found with custom-made Ethernet cables soldered to ports on AIS systems, which enabled crews to push out fake location data and mask their whereabouts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

He used iPads after their creation and even worked with developers to create custom-made apps, according to a National Portrait Gallery profile.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Part of that money is to churn out more custom-made chips for AI training and inference.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

He agreed on one condition - that he could bring Kosmo, his custom-made synthesiser and drum machine that travels in six separate flight cases.

From BBC May 14, 2026

I wear double-breasted Italian suits and custom-made English shoes.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

I love custom-making something for someone, and I don’t love having 12 of the same thing.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2024

Other members of his research team said later they had taken only "baby steps" toward the goal of starting with a digital file and custom-making an organism.

From Reuters May 26, 2010

The ready formation of custom-making groups in early society must have been greatly helped by the easy divisions of that society.

From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Walter Bagehot

On the contrary, man might be described as a custom-making animal with more justice than by many of the short descriptions.

From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Walter Bagehot




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