How to Use purpose-built in a Sentence
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Plus, the 84% polyester / 16% elastic blend is purpose-built to dry fast and wick away sweat like a champ.
—Mike Richard, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
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This venue is purpose-built to deliver perfect sound, the best ever.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
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Limited to a one-year production run of 3300 copies, it was purpose-built for drag racing.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2023
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This is true for adults riding together too, unless the sled is purpose-built for tandem use.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
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The unique, future-forward design is purpose-built for alpine running.
—Men's Health, 21 Feb. 2023
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The company later unveiled an electric shuttle called Origin that was purpose-built to be a robotaxi, and Cruise hoped to run a service by the end of 2019.
—David Welch, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
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And yet the show is purpose-built not to elevate or to celebrate Winbush but to somewhat ruthlessly pull apart the ways in which she might be made to look unready for the job and unsteady on her feet.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 July 2023
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On this elegant, rather clubby-vibing ship purpose-built for the region, relish plenty of deck space for viewing birds and marine life.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
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The country’s northernmost region happens to be flush with hotels that are purpose-built for snoozing under the night sky, where the Northern Lights are visible about 200 nights a year.
—Paul Rubio, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024
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The Storm Trails feel purpose-built for those with adventurous proclivities.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
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But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today.
—Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 24 July 2023
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As in the watches mentioned above, the movement for the Voyager Skeleton is purpose-built, developed exclusively for this watch, with technology firmly in the service of design.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2023
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These ships were purpose-built for the Mississippi: With 91 staterooms in six categories, all have private balconies that offer unobstructed river views.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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Companies should favor solutions purpose-built for their specific use cases rather than defaulting to the latest viral sensation.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
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Garments independently purpose-built for each of these users would probably diverge mightily from each other; a 21-year-old elite athlete has different physical needs than a middle-aged insurance adjuster at a sports bar.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
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From its inception, the Wagner Group was purpose-built to defy definition and confound Western intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
—Time, 25 Aug. 2023
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Prosecutors described the rural property as a compound that was heavily fortified, purpose-built, and militarized.
—USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
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While certainly street legal, Ford’s second iteration of its GT supercar is an unapologetically brutal and purpose-built machine.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
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The big winner recently: vertical robotics that are purpose-built for specific industries such as warehousing, shipping, health, defense, manufacturing, and construction.
—John Koetsier, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
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