as in engineer
a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking
the architect of the economic plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II
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Recent Examples of architect
Are the Jaguars a more engaged offensive architect away from getting back to the playoffs?
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Mike Sando, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Completed in 2008 by the local design-build firm in collaboration with architect Michael Blash, widely known for his contemporary take on the Craftsman style, the striking wood, glass, and stone structure offers five bedrooms and seven baths in roughly 8,000 square feet on three levels.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
Chambers mentions a lamp by Pasadena artist Ashoke Chhabra and his great-uncle Charles Dockum’s mobile color projector, as well as Dockum’s correspondence with architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
As a young wife and mother, she and Sid, still in their 20s, made the unusual decision to commission a house in Fort Worth by Brutalist architect Paul Rudolph.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
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Mike Sando, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Completed in 2008 by the local design-build firm in collaboration with architect Michael Blash, widely known for his contemporary take on the Craftsman style, the striking wood, glass, and stone structure offers five bedrooms and seven baths in roughly 8,000 square feet on three levels.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
Chambers mentions a lamp by Pasadena artist Ashoke Chhabra and his great-uncle Charles Dockum’s mobile color projector, as well as Dockum’s correspondence with architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
As a young wife and mother, she and Sid, still in their 20s, made the unusual decision to commission a house in Fort Worth by Brutalist architect Paul Rudolph.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for architect
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Last night on a community call, a representative of the army corps of engineers mentioned the 18 month timeline, which is what community members and the President mentioned today.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Rubens, the amiable, apparently unconcerned father played by Selton Mello, is an engineer.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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The masterminds behind this muscular mezcal are high school buddies Ivan Saldaña, who went on to earn a Ph.D in botany and has specialized in agave production, and Abel Mateo, a fifth-generation artisanal mezcal distiller.—
Richard Carleton Hacker,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2025
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And Benjamin Wallace-Wells reports on the mastermind behind the President’s fixation with tariffs.—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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Or that costume designer Shirley Kurata doesn’t deserve 22 awards for Malkovich’s outfits alone.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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The celebrated designer — known for his maximalist Indian style — has dressed some of the biggest names across Bollywood and Hollywood, including Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Oprah Winfrey, Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez.—
Riddhi Doshi,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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California’s leaders have already begun preparing a counteroffensive to Trump’s policy aims.—
Faith E. Pinho,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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As President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, a long list of political leaders, tech CEOs, celebrities and others were in attendance in the U.S. Capitol.—
Julia Reinstein,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Architect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architect. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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