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as in craft
an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands
one of the country's finest practitioners of the art of cabinetmaking
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as in skill
subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something
while some people see it simply as mindless fun or exercise, there is an art to skateboarding
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Recent Examples of art
Held at The Hole, the contemporary art gallery on La Brea Avenue, the celebration showcased the debut of Salomon’s new XT-Whisper sneaker while drawing a crowd that reflected the city’s music, fashion and nightlife scenes.
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 Feb. 2026
In Mendonça’s work, political commentary coincides with art-house aesthetics and elements borrowed from genre movies—science fiction, Western, neo-noir.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Alvarado echoed that sentiment, saying that the chaos is a necessary part of making great art.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2026
The avant-garde, too, was fascinated by the idea of provoking psychological responses in spectators through art.
—Michael Cowan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
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Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 Feb. 2026
In Mendonça’s work, political commentary coincides with art-house aesthetics and elements borrowed from genre movies—science fiction, Western, neo-noir.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Alvarado echoed that sentiment, saying that the chaos is a necessary part of making great art.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2026
The avant-garde, too, was fascinated by the idea of provoking psychological responses in spectators through art.
—Michael Cowan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for art
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There's also a vital element of resource management that plays a role in every encounter, forcing players to juggle power distribution between shields, weapons, and engines while also managing heat levels within their craft.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Dalia Rawson, now the executive director of New Ballet in San Jose, spent decades training and refining her craft as a ballet dancer, and says that after rehearsing for weeks on end with the other members of her company, something special happened.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Using skills, Codex can pull design assets from Figma, manage bug tracking and releases in Linear, deploy applications to cloud platforms such as Vercel and Cloudflare, and generate images using OpenAI’s image model.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kate had changed her hair into a stylish bob — but apparently hadn’t updated her mothering skills — two years later when, in the sequel, Kevin again was discovered missing, at the Miami airport.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Beijing has spent decades growing its trade ties and bankrolling projects in the region, to boost transportation links and cut energy costs – cementing its own influence along the way.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, Plummer noted that cotton producers remain exposed to trade disputes and international competition that often require legislative responses beyond insurance programs.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Art.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/art. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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