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• n  a person who makes things
• n  a machine tool for shaping metal or wood

• It is the largest shaper of ideology," says Rushing.
• Dissenting voices might be raised for a thoughtful and clever shaper of ideas like Jean Anouilh.
• Joe Sacco's increasing skills as a shaper of non-fiction narrative have their equal in his skills as a shaper of images.

• maker
• shaping machine

News & Articles

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• Building your own surfboard — it's DIY, L.A.-style
  Build your own surfboard Chris Erskine planes the spine of a surfboard blank at Shaper Supply Co. in Mar Vista. ( Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times )
  June 29, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Elie de Rothschild in Washington Post
  He took practical steps, like adding a herd of dairy cows in the 1950s in order to use the prairies below the chateau as organic fertilizer supply,Chateau Lafite-Rothschild said, describing the baron as "a major shaper of events in the...
• C. J. Hobgood in Global Surf News
  I've got this great board under my feet that I've only ridden once before and it's gone unbelievable in these conditions,Hobgood said. "I don't really know what to call it, but my shaper (Bill Johnson) may have a better idea. The...
• Ernie Els in Property World (press release)
  Commenting as he walked the site, Els said: "The design is fabulous on paper, and the most important step from here is that our shaper gets the greens and bunkers in the style that I envisaged from the beginning. I am happy to report that I am very...