crafting

present participle of craft

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of crafting Last year’s adaptation of the wildly popular sandbox survival-crafting game didn’t exactly have critics losing their pixels, but faithful fans loved it. Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 Idahoans United conducted polling ahead of crafting the ballot measure language to determine what sort of legislation Idaho voters would support. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026 As Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Graham would have been instrumental in crafting the package. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 July 2026 When you’ve been tasked with crafting a home intended to welcome friends, host community gatherings, encourage kids’ indoor-outdoor adventures accompanied by dogs, bunnies, and a visiting pig, that’s the goal. Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026 Another important element for her was crafting choreography so that the dancers’ faces could be seen. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 July 2026 This means defining the audience to reach, formulating a higher-level strategy around which topical areas to focus on and crafting and ensuring compliance with brand voice and tone guidelines. Thenuka Karunaratne, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 There, Jackson paid particular attention to what Black Americans did in inspiring and crafting the 14th Amendment. Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 9 July 2026 Boza and Dennis Setteducati are nationally recognized lifestyle influencers and DIY creators known for viral crafting content and party ideas. Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crafting
Verb
  • Those experiences, combined with feedback from trainees and employers, have helped shape Buildher's broader approach to preparing women not only technically but also emotionally and physically for work in the industry.
    Christopher Clark, NPR, 5 July 2026
  • According to a GoFundMe campaign, Martin was preparing to move her family into a new home the day after she was killed.
    Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • The dots composing the words move up the screen while the rest of the pinpoints move downward, generating a visual opposition that the human mind can detect and discern.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • Abrams is doing it all this time — writing, directing, producing, and even, for the first time, composing the original score.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • Under president of baseball operations Nick Krall and his predecessor, Dick Williams, the Reds have prioritized drafting and developing pitching.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Before drafting the future four-time MVP, the Cavaliers had a valuation of $222 million in 2003, according to Statista.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Hart went into writing the ballad with that information, but the rest was up to him.
    Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 July 2026

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“Crafting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crafting. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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