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
Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Our farm tour through the rainforest concluded with liquor tasting and handcrafting our own chocolate bar.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Our vision is to promote the significance of our handcraft in the contemporary age, a time when our human connection is continuously challenged by the digital world.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Noun
Each dial is handcrafted in Hanoi using an exclusive technique developed for this collection, combining sơn mài lacquer with pure silver leaf and natural pigments.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Our farm tour through the rainforest concluded with liquor tasting and handcrafting our own chocolate bar.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Verb
Johnson wanted to bring a feel for textures and handcrafts to the space that her brand has made a name out of.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Our vision is to promote the significance of our handcraft in the contemporary age, a time when our human connection is continuously challenged by the digital world.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcraft
Noun
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Grieving about Grieving’s upcoming biography of the composer, Williams broke down the craft that he’s contributed so much to.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
27 Aug. 2025
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Collectors love them not just for the craft, but also for the tax angle: in the UK, CGT doesn’t apply.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Trump and his supporters are hoping trade policy will reinvigorate Made in America and its domestic supply chains, which saw its manufacturing prowess decline significantly in the 1970s and 1980s and beyond.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
24 Aug. 2025
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The administration moved in June to impose duties on home appliances based on their steel content, benefiting companies including Whirlpool Corp., which has five manufacturing plants in Moreno’s home state of Ohio.—
Alicia Diaz,
Fortune,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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At San Omakase, culture, architecture and art merge with traditional cuisine for an immersive gastronomic experience awarded with a Michelin star.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The art department also made signage and had photographs made for the wall art.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
23 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ford will stop producing the Escape and Corsair SUVs at the end of 2025, but anticipates having enough inventory to last through 2026.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The average number of days employees are required to be in the office rose 12% over the past year, but office attendance showed an increase of just 1% to 3%, according to Brian Elliott, CEO of Work Forward and publisher of the Flex Index, which produced the report.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Waqas Moosa, chairman of the Pakistan Solar Association, a trade group advocating for the adoption of solar technology, says these conditions pushed Pakistanis to take matters into their own hands.—
Betsy Joles,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025
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Platforms in Africa or Southeast Asia could integrate yuan stablecoins as settlement tools, reducing dependence on dollars and smoothing trade with Chinese suppliers.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The California governor, widely seen as a 2028 presidential hopeful, has sought to fashion himself as a policy foil to President Trump.—
Miriam Waldvogel,
The Hill,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Ojibwe discovered the pipestone — a soft, red claystone — found in the quarry was easy to fashion into pipes and other objects.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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,
14 Aug. 2025
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The design of the bag is constructed in a maze-like pattern, and the bottom is wide, so there’s more room to pack your items next to each other instead of on top of one another.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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 4 Sep. 2025.
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