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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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025 These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841. —Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The luxury boot brand uses real leather and handcrafts every pair of boots. —Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025 And with few exceptions, statement necklaces went up against brooches as the night’s key trend in high jewelry, the one-of-a-kind stunners that represent the ne plus ultra in a jewelry house’s ability to create exquisite handcraft highlighting rare diamonds and gemstones. —Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for handcraft
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But both brands have turned the founders’ passion for handcraft into a driver of growth and staying power. —Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025 These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841. —Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The luxury boot brand uses real leather and handcrafts every pair of boots. —Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025 And with few exceptions, statement necklaces went up against brooches as the night’s key trend in high jewelry, the one-of-a-kind stunners that represent the ne plus ultra in a jewelry house’s ability to create exquisite handcraft highlighting rare diamonds and gemstones. —Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for handcraft
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Space agency officials’ blood pressure was further elevated as experts closely watched the performance of the craft’s heat shield, which astronauts rely on to slow them down and keep temperatures livable.— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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When his friend David Rodriguez opened Union Beer Store in Little Havana in 2017, Castro became its marketing manager, and started replaying old matches and pay-per-view shows on repeat at the craft-beer bar.— Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
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Shamim Mafi is charged in a federal complaint with brokering the sale of drones, bombs, bomb fuses and millions of rounds of ammunition manufactured by Iran and sold to Sudan.— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Rare-earth elements such as dysprosium, terbium, and europium are essential for manufacturing everyday technologies including smartphones, wind turbines, and electric vehicle motors.— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
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By putting religious and profane art together—a picture of Christ on one wall and Apollo on another, both equalized in their prettiness—Raphael triggered centuries of decadence.— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Selected by a panel of arts educators, these students stood out for both technical ability and expressive range across performance videos, written statements and artistic résumés.— Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
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That recipe produced 4 2/3 scoreless innings before his brother Aaden came on to get the save in a 6-0 Fox Valley Conference victory over the host Rockets.— Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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Sony Pictures Television, where Roberts is under an overall deal, will produce.— Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Apr. 2026
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For a state like Illinois — a global hub for manufacturing and agriculture — these federal trade wars act as a direct anchor on our economy.— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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The draft As part of an NBA settlement over the Heat not being made fully aware of the gambling investigation into Terry Rozier ahead of the Heat’s January 2024 trade for the guard, the Heat from the Hornets will be receiving Golden State’s second-round pick in June.— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
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There is romance, a lot of golf lore and history, familial woes and joys, and a world fashioned with wit and written with style.— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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Their numbers are retired by the organization, and both still live in the Buffalo area, where their gridiron legacies were fashioned, excited for the next chapter in Bills football.— Sam Brock, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
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In a filing with an appeals court, the VA said that, regardless of the court’s injunction, its policy was to construct 750 to 800 units of temporary supportive housing on the campus by September.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Nearly everyone thought the City of Kansas City had focused on a ballpark being constructed at Washington Square Park.— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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With a dedicated ad campaign fronted by Clint 419, the founder of steetwear brand Corteiz, and Italian actor Alessandro Borghi, the collection is comprised of about 18 looks spanning outerwear, overshirts, utility vests, jeans and carpenter denim pants.— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 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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“Handcraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/handcraft. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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