[Ads-l] "new build"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Fancy tech talk for "newly assembled or produced":

"The F-15SA is the most advanced production F-15 Eagle ever built. Saudi
Arabia ordered 84 new build F-15SAs."

I've seen this usage for a number of years, hyphenated rarely.

JL



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