crafting

present participle of craft

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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
  • Although the storefront marks a significant milestone, Thomas says the business has always been about preparing his daughters for the future rather than simply increasing sales.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • In May, a juvenile court in Berlin convicted Ballout of preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state, as well as publishing Islamic State propaganda on his Instagram account and other charges, prosecutors said.
    Geir Moulson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Emmy-winning composer David Fleming (Widow’s Bay, Superman, HBO’s The Last of Us) was also revealed as the game’s composer, marking his video game composing debut with the main title theme, Logan, now available on all music platforms.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Recently, Overton has been involved in drafting new policies for the use of peptides, short chains of amino acids that are available on the gray market but that, in many cases, have scant scientific evidence to support their safety or efficacy.
    Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • Most of them are drafting these policies right now, quietly, with very little to go on, and the terms will be set by whoever shows up with a proposal first.
    Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Viterbi started writing the play in San Diego, and then COVID hit.
    Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 July 2026

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“Crafting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crafting. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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