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- adjective
built by oneself, often from commercially available components
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Examples
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However, swathes of Istanbul, a city of at least 13 million, still are composed of illegal houses, often self-built by rural immigrants, who effectively squat on land that wasn't zoned for development.
Turkey to Introduce Redevelopment Law Marc Champion 2011
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Lily would like to see reforms to encourage more self-built, low-impact housing.
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Their home too, is self-built with a stunning garden, and found treasures everywhere.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Chuitna and the Curse of Coal "AKMuckraker" 2010
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His tiny cabin -- complete with a self-built generator for electricity -- is cozy and allows him to lead a simple, if somewhat introverted, lifestyle.
WATCH: Russia's 'Forest Man' Chooses Life Of Isolation Curtis M. Wong 2011
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Sustained by their dreams of a self-built home, Matt and Lily are determined to accentuate the positives.
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However, swathes of Istanbul, a city of at least 13 million, still are composed of illegal houses, often self-built by rural immigrants, who effectively squat on land that wasn't zoned for development.
Turkey to End Effort to Find Quake Survivors Marc Champion 2011
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Their home too, is self-built with a stunning garden, and found treasures everywhere.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Chuitna and the Curse of Coal "AKMuckraker" 2010
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Their home too, is self-built with a stunning garden, and found treasures everywhere.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Chuitna and the Curse of Coal Jeanne Devon ( 2010
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This hobby snowballed into his life's work after the Boddie Recording Co opened its doors in 1959, with local gospel and soul groups dropping by to record in his self-built studio and have their tracks cut by Boddie's in-house vinyl manufacturing set-up.
Homemade soul: the musical legacy of the Boddie Recording Company 2011
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Before the recession there were 20,000 self-built homes in the UK annually, about 12.5% of the total, compared with 40% in Scandinavia and central Europe.
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