do-it-yourself

Example Sentences

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What Ukraine’s military lacks in expensive munitions, it has also tried to make up for in innovative do-it-yourself defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Lowe’s has a high do-it-yourself clientele, and this segment historically leads the home-improvement cycle.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Online services provide do-it-yourself forms for solo agers and people without children.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

California, meanwhile, had the largest outmigration number of do-it-yourself movers for the sixth straight year.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026

I leaned to the side to see, sitting across from me, a short, scrawny Black boy with a do-it-yourself haircut, thick red-and-black-framed glasses, super-baggy cargo shorts, and a Malcolm X T-shirt.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia