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
Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
Highlights include a Hoffman Challenge Special Exhibit, a vendor mall, a sew and craft booth and a handcrafts boutique.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
Sandra Salibian, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
Holiday Tea at Hermitage Farm WHAT: Features live holiday music, an assortment of savory and sweet bites, and handcrafted herbal teas that will warm your soul.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Developed in 1700, the handcraft is now exclusively produced by a single family-run orchard.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
Highlights include a Hoffman Challenge Special Exhibit, a vendor mall, a sew and craft booth and a handcrafts boutique.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
Verb
During its nearly two centuries of history, Tiffany & Co. has handcrafted some of the world’s most revered sporting trophies, including those for the top American soccer leagues.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
Holiday Tea at Hermitage Farm WHAT: Features live holiday music, an assortment of savory and sweet bites, and handcrafted herbal teas that will warm your soul.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcraft
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Afterschool Club: 3 to 4 p.m., Ramona Community Library, 1275 Main St. Participate in a variety of activities including LEGOs, crafts, games and more.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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Table Talk Games Restaurant Critic In-Training Chef David Kuo, head chef and owner of West Los Angeles’ Little Fatty Taiwanese soul food restaurant, Fatty Mart market hall, and award-winning craft cocktail destination, Accomplice Bar.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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But Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, the manufacturing hub of Canada, said a trade war is 100% coming.—
Rob Gillies,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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For example, Chinese battery manufacturing company EVE Energy is the technology partner with a 10% stake in a joint venture with U.S. engine company Cummins’ Accelera division, Daimler Truck and PACCAR.—
Evelyn Cheng,Sonia Heng,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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A lot of people say, ‘Well, suffering is good for art.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
19 Jan. 2025
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Tickets also include entry to the Faith Chapel and Mosaic Gallery, an interactive museum highlighting both art and history.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Returning recipients include Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis, which commissions work from artists and supplies them with the space and resources to produce it, and Houston’s DiverseWorks, which supports experimental performance.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Jan. 2025
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China’s flourishing petrochemicals industry, producing plastics and other industrial products, feeds on oil.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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The tech companies and their executives have a significant stake in Trump’s second term due to potential changes in tax policy, trade policy, and antitrust enforcement.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Jewell Loyd: Loyd is using the Unrivaled season to make a pitch of her own after requesting a trade from the Seattle Storm this winter.—
Julia Poe,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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Likewise, the Gam coffee table, made in teak with a matte varnish, was fashioned in a yin and yang of parts that don’t quite fit into one another.—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
22 Jan. 2025
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Over time, Draisaitl and Conner McDavid have done more than just fashion a productive offensive partnership.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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The intention was to lower the cost of constructing new housing and to encourage less personal vehicle use.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stay in one of the Avalanche Ranch Cabins and Hot Springs’ log cabins or wagons, constructed between 1890 and 1950.—
Jennifer Broome,
The Denver Post,
20 Jan. 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 28 Jan. 2025.
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