as in to hammer
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Recent Examples of carpenter
Noma’s dining room, by contrast, is meticulously carpentered together, from the peaked ceiling to the bare floor, out of sanded oak and Douglas fir.
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Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
The drama is something that seems to be leaking from the very forms so elaborately carpentered to contain it.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 June 2017
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Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
The drama is something that seems to be leaking from the very forms so elaborately carpentered to contain it.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 June 2017
See All Example Sentences for carpenter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carpenter
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Smaller nations will also be hammered by the reduction in foreign aid, with Lesotho, Micronesia and Eswatini each losing around 50% of their aid.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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Josh Kraft has consistently hammered Wu over her administration’s $200 million public-private partnership to rehab Franklin Park’s White Stadium for a new women’s professional soccer team that is set to take the pitch in March 2026, over the objections of part of the community.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2025
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Former combatants in Colombia’s long-standing internal conflict are increasingly being lured to Mexico by criminal groups to train hitmen, build bombs and fight bloody turf battles.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Being transparent in this way helps build trust and demonstrates a genuine dedication to improvement.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
Verb
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The sneakers have a cushioned insole that molds to the shape of your foot to provide support.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2025
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Unlike apparel factories, footwear factories may use 200 or more manufacturing processes, from molding to adhesive application and high-temperature assembly, so optimizing those activities to use less energy, and cleaner energy, is important, Polk said.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
4 June 2025
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This trickery is a cost-saving measure in that the orchid does not have to manufacture nectar or prodigious amounts of expensive pollen.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2025
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Brand owners that are based and/or manufacture in the city report an overwhelming feeling of fear for their workers, some of whom are undocumented.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
12 June 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2025
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Even in cities like New York, where nearly every square inch is already built up, developers are constantly knocking things down and constructing new buildings, giving them a chance to create a different kind of trash system.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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The hard part is to successfully shape what comes next.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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This duality—publicly shaping an industry that hid Jewishness while privately remaining steeped in it—mirrors the larger duality of Thalberg’s career.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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That perspective, forged through experience and gratitude, keeps him grounded when the stakes feel highest.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Also, Leos are known to forge their path — closely resembling Mikey‘s use of One-Eyed Willy’s map to search for the Liberator’s treasure.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The ignition method was strikingly consistent: a crude yet effective time-delay mechanism, fashioned from everyday items like cigarettes, matches, and pieces of lined yellow notebook paper.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
4 June 2025
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Parents fashioned cardboard soles for their children’s little shoes.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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“Carpenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carpenter. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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