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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as in to manufacture
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Recent Examples of handcraft
Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Achieved through tens of hours of painstaking handcraft, the Reverso Hybris Artistica Calibre 179 is a testament to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s enduring mastery of high watchmaking.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 May 2025
Watch through glass partitions as artisans handcraft delicate confections.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The connection among folk art, handcrafts, and modernism was made by a number of curators and collectors at the time.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Achieved through tens of hours of painstaking handcraft, the Reverso Hybris Artistica Calibre 179 is a testament to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s enduring mastery of high watchmaking.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
Just last month, a 1960s Spanish villa there hit the market for $8.5 million, following a five-year renovation that added features like arched steel windows and handcrafted terracotta tiles.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 May 2025
Watch through glass partitions as artisans handcraft delicate confections.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcraft
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This isn't helped by the fact that as the craft approaches the Sun it's subjected to temperatures as high as 500 °C (932 °F) and has to endure periodic communications blackouts with Mission Control in Darmstadt, Germany.—
David Szondy
June 15,
New Atlas,
15 June 2025
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What did the patterns symbolize and what variations of the craft existed in different regions?—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
Verb
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This trickery is a cost-saving measure in that the orchid does not have to manufacture nectar or prodigious amounts of expensive pollen.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2025
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The airplane was new, according to Federal Aviation Administration records, and had been manufactured in 2024.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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Advertisement But dishonesty of this nature does not yield good art—at least, not truthful art.—
Esther Lin,
Time,
12 June 2025
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His incredibly detailed lithographic art, often of the surgical theater, greeted everyone who stepped through his office doors.—
CHRISTINA MAYO,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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From Jan, 1 2024 through April 30, 2025, of 802 Netflix premieres – first-run commissioning, both new & returning shows – 338 were produced in the U.S. (42%), 47 series were produced in the U.K., 45 in Korea, 35 in India, 31 in Japan and 29 produced in Spain, estimates Caroline Servy at The Wit.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
16 June 2025
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Hence, the technical team behind this must produce modular, platform-like solutions whose main goal is to allow human users to build stable workflows in an ever-evolving AI environment.—
Michael Wegmüller,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Yes, deploying them can help U.S. manufacturers compete against the unfair, subsidized trade practices of other countries.—
Ethan Karp,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Hapag-Lloyd’s move reflects the industry at large, which has sought to add more capacity on the trans-Pacific trade lane to capitalize on shippers’ rush to get cargo space ahead of tariff deadlines in July and August.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 June 2025
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Each pair of Luna IEMs are being fashioned in Japan before making their way to well-heeled music lovers around the globe.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 June 2025
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But unlike hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and other alternative energy sources, only nuclear can be fashioned into offensive weapons of mass destruction.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2025
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Even in cities like New York, where nearly every square inch is already built up, developers are constantly knocking things down and constructing new buildings, giving them a chance to create a different kind of trash system.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 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 19 Jun. 2025.
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