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
Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2024
The report also tied arts and handcrafts to ceremony and religion.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
Like all Loewe bags, the Puzzle is handcrafted in Madrid, with approximately nine pieces of leather precisely patchworked together.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
There will be multiple creative arts competitions that will include fine arts, photography, handcrafts and more.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2024
The report also tied arts and handcrafts to ceremony and religion.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Verb
Ortiz’s accessories feature bags, belts, necklaces and bangles, which are handcrafted by various artisanal communities across Colombia.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
Like all Loewe bags, the Puzzle is handcrafted in Madrid, with approximately nine pieces of leather precisely patchworked together.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcraft
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Buy Now: $22,700 Photo : Laurent Ferrier Laurent Ferrier Classic Traveler Globe Night Blue In 2016, Laurent Ferrier unveiled a model that perfectly exemplified the brand’s prowess in the way of both technical achievement and artistic craft: the Galet Traveler Globe Night Blue.—
Cait Bazemore,
Robb Report,
28 Feb. 2025
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To predict external business environments, consumer demand, and craft responses to regulatory voids.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Pragmatic Semiconductor manufactures microprocessors from alternative materials.—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Vancouver is struggling enormously to manufacture offence, and after both the Calgary Flames and Utah Hockey Club picked up regulation victories on Tuesday, the pressure is on Vancouver to get back to picking up points.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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But he was attracted to the group’s thrilling physicality, as well as its melding of art, nature and politics.—
Brian Schaefer,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Atlanta Botanical Garden Founded in 1976, the Atlanta Botanical Garden spreads over 30 acres adjacent to the grassy sprawl of Piedmont Park, and its footprint includes many lush gardens, walkways, and art installations.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2025
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The Signature itself produced a sturdy revival, in 2019, with a ferocious David Warshofsky as Weston, an alcoholic father who terrorizes his family, especially his grown son, Wesley, who learns to mimic him.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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This diversity makes mezcal a deeply regional and artisanal product, closely tied to the land and the people who produce it.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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With so much uncertainty, the Sharks might be unable to avoid trade deadline talk for the rest of the road trip, which continues in hockey-mad markets like Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto before stopping in Buffalo and Colorado.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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The offensive-minded defenseman became a fan favorite over his three-plus seasons with the franchise after being acquired at the trade deadline in the 2020-21 season.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2025
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Speaking to supporters in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ramaswamy fashioned himself as an America First conservative who would usher in an economic and cultural resurgence in Ohio.—
David Sivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
24 Feb. 2025
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To sell Mullen’s character as immensely popular with all Americans, Zero Day fashions him as a fit and firm politician whose no-nonsense leadership transcends the red-state, blue-state divide.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Originally constructed in the 1400s, the current church was rebuilt in 1757 after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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In addition to hiring new staff and establishing a new process for designing and constructing projects, the department would be transparent, Carter said.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 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 6 Mar. 2025.
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