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
Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
Women’s timepieces are also enjoying a moment in the Swiss watch industry, which has recognized — albeit somewhat belatedly — that female consumers desire the same level of features and handcraft in mechanical designs as their male counterparts.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2024
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2024
Wright established his winter home in 1937 and handcrafted it over many years.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Today Schmid admits that A. Lange & Söhne sometimes must negotiate both its original and reborn history but always with an eye toward the art and handcraft of watchmaking.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
Women’s timepieces are also enjoying a moment in the Swiss watch industry, which has recognized — albeit somewhat belatedly — that female consumers desire the same level of features and handcraft in mechanical designs as their male counterparts.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2024
Verb
Woven wicker furniture handcrafted by Bielecky Brothers delivers an airiness to a space that’s anchored by larger upholstered pieces, such as a sectional wrapped in Namay Samay’s Godavari in Verdigris.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2024
Wright established his winter home in 1937 and handcrafted it over many years.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcraft
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Molson Coors identified a higher effective tax rate for the quarter due to a valuation allowance on deferred tax assets related to the divestment of certain U.S. craft businesses.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Bar Louie Free to all active and retired military veterans is a selection of Bar Louie half-pound craft burgers on a brioche bun.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Samsung will manufacture the panels for the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max models, while LG will build the ones for the base and Slim/Air variants, the report adds.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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For the companies that manufacture shots, an increase in anti-vaccine rhetoric could potentially translate to lower revenue.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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For a country three times the size of Texas, rich with culture, art and nature, the figure is a perfect encapsulation of the problem with overtourism: people descending on one or two main points while dozens of splendid places remain largely under the radar.Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Exhibits showcase an unflinching look at the dangerous art of extracting minerals from the earth.James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald’s scheme gave Purdy fits last year when Macdonald coordinated Baltimore’s defense (four interceptions), but produced 255 yards and three touchdowns with no turnovers and no sacks in the 49ers’ win at Seattle last month.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Latin music icon Marc Anthony performed and executive produced a special segment with salsa great Sergio George to pay homage to the tropical music genre.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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In 2023, China accounted for 98 percent of North Korea’s official trade volume.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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At 4-4, but with a Super Bowl window that the team believes is still wide open, the Niners made no major additions at the NFL trade deadline, adding only a depth defensive tackle (for a seventh-round draft pick two years from now).Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Solis went on to fashion an amazing solo career that has resulted in numerous awards and tens of millions of albums sold.Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Catlett’s images of Black women, imbued with reverence and command, fulfilled her desire to reconfigure their identity throughout Modernist culture and to fashion an aesthetic that prioritizes their interior world, social condition, and African lineage.Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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In addition to candidates, Sunnyvale voters also cast ballots on whether to allow the city to issue general obligation bonds of up to $290 million to construct a new public library.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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In addition to his wife, who wrote the album’s lyrics, Gilmour enlisted his 22-year-old daughter, Romany, to sing and play harp on the LP; there’s also a track constructed around an old recording of Wright from 2007.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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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 22 Nov. 2024.
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