custom-built
adjective
cus·tom-built
ˈkə-stəm-ˈbilt 
: built to individual specifications
a custom-built house
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By the 2000s, the middle class these restaurants had been custom-built to serve was shrinking as wages stagnated and neighborhoods grew more segregated by income.
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Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The apartment is being sold unfurnished, though both platform beds, which were custom-built for the space, are included in the sale.
—Michael Kaminer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The gated home was completed in 2020 and custom-built by Branagh Development to match the specifications of a corporate executive and his security advisors, the listing notes.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
Much of the equipment in the studio he’d custom-built over decades was immobile — the Bösendorfer grand piano or the SSL recording console couldn’t get out on short notice.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The apartment is being sold unfurnished, though both platform beds, which were custom-built for the space, are included in the sale.
—Michael Kaminer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The gated home was completed in 2020 and custom-built by Branagh Development to match the specifications of a corporate executive and his security advisors, the listing notes.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
Much of the equipment in the studio he’d custom-built over decades was immobile — the Bösendorfer grand piano or the SSL recording console couldn’t get out on short notice.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Custom-built.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/custom-built. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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