crafting

present participle of craft

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of crafting Players embark on a dangerous journey across the frozen Exomoon Inara in the studio’s open-world survival crafting adventure. Matt Minton, Variety, 22 July 2026 Tea Forté is proudly served at leading hotels, restaurants, resorts and retailers, known for crafting some of the world's most exceptional teas. ABC News, 21 July 2026 Lee’s challenge became crafting a story around the characters. Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 20 July 2026 Outside of the president, no one in Washington has more input in crafting ICE’s strategy than White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, White House border czar Tom Homan, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2026 My work became not just watching the Zeitgeist within the company but learning how to contain it—reading through messages, distilling the emotional temperature, and crafting executive responses meant to absorb shock and restore calm. Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026 Black testified Epstein was not involved with crafting any NDAs, and, after more back and forth over whether Black could discuss the agreements, Ashworth served Black with subpoenas for his NDAs and for testimony. Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 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 As Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Graham would have been instrumental in crafting the package. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crafting
Verb
  • As the first games were preparing to begin, the administration continued to find itself under global scrutiny for its visa decisions, such as denying entry to a referee from Somalia who had won accolades for his officiating.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • After two years of preparing for the $250 million conversion of the Enfield Square Mall to housing, Woodsonia Real Estate has apparently lost its purchase agreement and now its plan is sidelined or dead.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 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
  • Arriving at their new studio, Nacksving in Gothenburg, with almost no material prepared, Åkerfeldt committed to writing his songs the night before each recording session, a process which—big surprise—backfired immediately.
    Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
  • In 2024, Deadline reported Adele Lim was attached to direct the third installment of The Princess Diaries saga with Flora Greeson writing the screenplay.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 19 July 2026

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“Crafting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crafting. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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