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as in craft
an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands
one of the country's finest practitioners of the art of cabinetmaking
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as in skill
subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something
while some people see it simply as mindless fun or exercise, there is an art to skateboarding
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Recent Examples of art
The remaining 70% supports the Orange County Convention Center, arts and cultural institutions, film initiatives, and the venues that host major sporting and entertainment events.
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Paul S. Mears Iii, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Unique spaces, like libraries, create meaningful ways humans can exist in relation to art and that libraries are at the core of providing for the well-being of individuals and communities.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The sculptor, meanwhile, had no idea that his art would be used in this promotional way.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Advertising executive Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly chief executive at art and fandom site Tumblr, has been appointed as acting publisher and CEO and will assume the role immediately, the publication said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 7 Feb. 2026
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Paul S. Mears Iii, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Unique spaces, like libraries, create meaningful ways humans can exist in relation to art and that libraries are at the core of providing for the well-being of individuals and communities.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The sculptor, meanwhile, had no idea that his art would be used in this promotional way.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Advertising executive Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly chief executive at art and fandom site Tumblr, has been appointed as acting publisher and CEO and will assume the role immediately, the publication said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for art
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The Petersons hired Boss Architecture to redesign the space with three en suite bedrooms, an art gallery, a wine room, an office and a craft room that can function as a fourth bedroom.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Space, as Douglas Adams said, is big, really big, and even the thousands of craft that have been fired into the void over the past 70 years amount to the tiniest drop in the cosmic bucket.—
David Szondy
February 07,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2026
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Using skills, Codex can pull design assets from Figma, manage bug tracking and releases in Linear, deploy applications to cloud platforms such as Vercel and Cloudflare, and generate images using OpenAI’s image model.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kate had changed her hair into a stylish bob — but apparently hadn’t updated her mothering skills — two years later when, in the sequel, Kevin again was discovered missing, at the Miami airport.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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His office described the visit as part of a broader push to expand cooperation beyond security into trade, investment, education and development.—
NINIEK KARMINI,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Cramer said this one has been concerning investors because of how closely its trades with cryptocurrency markets.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Art.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/art. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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