as in homemade
created by a hand process rather than by a machine
received a handmade sweater at the baby shower
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Recent Examples of handmade
Students walked along Johnson Drive for several blocks, holding handmade signs that bore pro-immigration messages and opposition to the federal agency.
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
And altogether there are to be about 100 handmade Mûre et Musc bottles, which originally were crafted by Pierre Dinand.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Then there's the Zhà Jiàng Miàn, a northern Chinese comfort dish of handmade noodles topped with rich, savory pork.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2026
Back at Halloowella, locals are hired where possible, food is preordered to cut down on any leftovers, and bathroom products are handmade by Healing Island, a women’s initiative in Colombo.
—Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
And altogether there are to be about 100 handmade Mûre et Musc bottles, which originally were crafted by Pierre Dinand.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Then there's the Zhà Jiàng Miàn, a northern Chinese comfort dish of handmade noodles topped with rich, savory pork.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2026
Back at Halloowella, locals are hired where possible, food is preordered to cut down on any leftovers, and bathroom products are handmade by Healing Island, a women’s initiative in Colombo.
—Harriet Compston, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handmade
Adjective
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Bushra Mahnoor, a reproductive rights activist, counts herself among a small proportion of women and girls in Pakistan – about 12%, according to the UN’s children’s agency (UNICEF) – who use commercial sanitary products, rather than homemade alternatives.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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But sometimes, homemade just isn’t in the cards.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The photo albums—handcrafted binders assembled over the course of five decades—are crammed with small prints glued to card stock and annotated in Richards’s cursive script.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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The resort’s own farm provides many of the ingredients for its three restaurants, offering fusion-forward menus and handcrafted cocktails.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Handmade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handmade. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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