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as in art
an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands
an expert in the craft of cabinetmaking
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as in boat
a small buoyant structure for travel on water
borrowed a craft to get across the river
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as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
never hesitated to resort to craft to get what they wanted in life
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as in cunning
skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means
celebrated in political circles for his craft, he's the legislator who knows how to get bills passed
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as in skill
subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something
a really ingenious household appliance that shows a lot of craft on the part of its inventors
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as in to prepare
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form
spent hours crafting the perfect letter of recommendation for her prize student
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Recent Examples of craft
Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Throughout the city, artisans are refocusing their crafts around Portuguese tradition.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
Alan Bradley, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
On a practical level, this funding standoff threatened to destroy months of bipartisan work, including long hours over the holiday break, to craft the 12 spending bills that fund the government and many priorities back home.
—Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Classes given by the museum’s school ensure the craft’s preservation.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Throughout the city, artisans are refocusing their crafts around Portuguese tradition.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Despite a disappointing launch back in 2016, the developers stuck with it and have crafted a wildly successful and long-running space sim that feels like a greatest hits montage of all the games that came before it.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
On a practical level, this funding standoff threatened to destroy months of bipartisan work, including long hours over the holiday break, to craft the 12 spending bills that fund the government and many priorities back home.
—Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for craft
Noun
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If Proust was eager to differentiate between art and life, this was in part because of the cautionary tale of a literary contemporary who had played fast and loose with that distinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Roan also used her body as a canvas for art with temporary tattoos in the same tone as her dress.—
Pamela Vázquez,
Glamour,
2 Feb. 2026
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Guests of Delamar Mystic also receive complimentary admission to the Mystic Seaport Museum, the nation's largest maritime museum, which can help arrange charters for boat tours down the Mystic River and into Long Island Sound.—
Cameron Sperance,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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But do get outside and see the red-footed tortoises that live here and take a boat to the overwater spa bungalow for a calming facial or body treatment.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
6 Feb. 2026
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For years, deception remained essential to its survival.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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This can be achieved through a winger’s crafty skating, stickhandling and deception to cut into the middle while carrying the puck, or, more commonly, by making skilled passes into the slot area.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Because Maradona, in a burst of cunning and trickery, also used his hand.—
Esteban Campanela,
CNN Money,
25 Nov. 2025
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Landing a good apartment in New York City can take some cunning.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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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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Egyptian authorities said roughly 150 hospitals across the country are prepared to receive patients evacuated from Gaza, while the Egyptian Red Crescent has set up support areas on the Egyptian side of the crossing.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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That spelling error was made by a young designer who prepared the mechanical, the art which includes instructions for the printer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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His office described the visit as part of a broader push to expand cooperation beyond security into trade, investment, education and development.—
NINIEK KARMINI,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Cramer said this one has been concerning investors because of how closely its trades with cryptocurrency markets.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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Many gathered near the harbor to watch the vessel depart.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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According to Sapire, achieving the final vessel design took years of development and required a complex triple-injection manufacturing process.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Craft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/craft. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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