as in craft
an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands
we learned about traditional handcrafts like barrel-making and leather-working at the colonial history museum
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Recent Examples of handcraft
Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Bentley and cinematographer Adolpho Veloso also plunge audiences into the tactile particulars and handcraft of logging, Robert sawing away with numb determination while he’s forced once again to be far away from his wife and child.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
On a golf course handcrafted for the bomb-and-gougers, Rose, No. 89 in driving distance on the PGA Tour, fared unexpectedly well by his standards.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Rodrigues handcrafts all types of chapeaus, including fedoras and cowboy hats.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Bentley and cinematographer Adolpho Veloso also plunge audiences into the tactile particulars and handcraft of logging, Robert sawing away with numb determination while he’s forced once again to be far away from his wife and child.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
The sustainable products are handcrafted by artisans in Spain, and each can be personalised.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
On a golf course handcrafted for the bomb-and-gougers, Rose, No. 89 in driving distance on the PGA Tour, fared unexpectedly well by his standards.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcraft
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But this community resource offers so much more: story and craft times, free internet, computer stations, genealogical records, music collections—the list goes on.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2025
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To stage Jordan’s dual role, for which both brothers are often together in the same frame, Coogler, relying on elaborate technology, displays a modest yet astounding craft.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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Whether cooking for Hollywood stars or crafting simple dishes for his audience, Arya remained grounded in the belief that true success comes from being real, not manufactured.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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The indictment further alleges that, during this same period, Hamad conspired with co-defendant Collins to manufacture and possess destructive devices.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The Fyre site formerly promoted a music, arts and culture festival, Fyre Festival 2, to occur May 30 through June 2 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The explosion of Generative AI onto the scene has had a dramatic impact on art and design.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The work relied on the seismometer network’s observations of more than 200 earthquakes, each of which produced multiple types of seismic waves.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2025
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And the more rapid the cycle, the more dust is produced.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Tracking the evolution of Donald Trump's trade war Trump reverses global tariff hikes.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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With a trade war kicking off, a lot of the raw materials and finished products in clean energy are likely to get more expensive.—
Umair Irfan,
Vox,
23 Apr. 2025
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The lobby concierge and check-in desks are welcoming, slightly demure spaces that make way for the real heartbeat of the hotel: the impressive, triple-story space anchored by a spiral staircase fashioned from green Ming marble.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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This gut-wrenching loss came two nights after the Cougars fashioned a wild comeback of their own, from 14 down against Duke.—
Eddie Pells,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2025
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Barcelona’s wall to defend the free kick was poorly constructed, daring Mbappe to shoot through the middle without needing to thread the needle.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The current police station was constructed in 1968 and has 20,300 square feet of space.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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Noma’s dining room, by contrast, is meticulously carpentered together, from the peaked ceiling to the bare floor, out of sanded oak and Douglas fir.—
PETE WELLS,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2018
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The drama is something that seems to be leaking from the very forms so elaborately carpentered to contain it.—
JESSE GREEN,
New York Times,
8 June 2017
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“Handcraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handcraft. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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