as in homemade
created by a hand process rather than by a machine
bought a handcrafted wooden bowl at the arts and crafts fair
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Recent Examples of handcrafted
Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Guests can also choose from a range of handcrafted options, including a Watermelon Margarita made with Lunazul Tequila and fresh lime, a Skinny Margarita with Corazón Blanco Tequila and a Tajín rim, and the Passion-Rita featuring Astral Blanco Tequila and passion fruit.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 22 Feb. 2026
Craft Cards Kit - Scratch Hearts What’s more heartfelt than a handcrafted Valentine’s Day card?
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
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
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
The dining room is bold yet romantic—handcrafted chandeliers, deep crimson upholstery, and a theatrical kitchen where plush seating and live music meets fine dining.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
The 63 villas embrace indoor-outdoor living, with retractable roofs, open-air bathrooms, and handcrafted furnishings made from reclaimed materials.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
These master silversmiths turn out an upscale assortment of handcrafted belt buckles, jewelry and accessories that embody the Western heritage.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Designed to be a Miami neighborhood hangout, The Triangle offers handcrafted cocktails, casual bites, music, and lawn games in a relaxed outdoor setting with lots of seating.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Guests can also choose from a range of handcrafted options, including a Watermelon Margarita made with Lunazul Tequila and fresh lime, a Skinny Margarita with Corazón Blanco Tequila and a Tajín rim, and the Passion-Rita featuring Astral Blanco Tequila and passion fruit.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 22 Feb. 2026
Craft Cards Kit - Scratch Hearts What’s more heartfelt than a handcrafted Valentine’s Day card?
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
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
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
The dining room is bold yet romantic—handcrafted chandeliers, deep crimson upholstery, and a theatrical kitchen where plush seating and live music meets fine dining.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
The 63 villas embrace indoor-outdoor living, with retractable roofs, open-air bathrooms, and handcrafted furnishings made from reclaimed materials.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
These master silversmiths turn out an upscale assortment of handcrafted belt buckles, jewelry and accessories that embody the Western heritage.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcrafted
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Carter Amelia Davis, United States, 2025 A woman embarks on a road trip to deliver her creamy homemade sports drink to a mysterious online buyer.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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Puck expects the kitchen to churn out some 600 homemade pizzas, 3,000 artichoke agnolotti, and 2,000 mini chocolate Oscars, among tens of thousands of individual servings.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meta's new in-house chips are manufactured by Taiwan Semi, which primarily operates out of Taiwan and has a large, new chip fabrication campus in Arizona.—
Katie Tarasov,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Higgins was booked for discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling, assault with a firearm, manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm, and manufacturing or causing to be manufactured an assault weapon.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Flowers placed by community members throughout the week wrapped around the front entrance, along with candles, photos and handmade markers commemorating the three people who died following the attack.—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Rooms and suites here are decked out with handmade California King beds, hardwood floors, and comfy armchairs in statement prints.—
Tim Chester,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
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The 80-foot-long grinning behemoth floating in a roadside pond was built as an anniversary gift for the owner’s whale-loving wife.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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With Xi’s approval, momentum built quickly.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For example, a superstar playing card from the ultra-rare Topps Dice Game (fashioned after Strat-O-Matic, and released in 1963, though it’s officially labeled 1961 by trading card grader PSA) is virtually unattainable.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Putting private anguish and public witnessing into forceful tension, Paksa fashioned a productively ambivalent rubric for the artist under authoritarianism.—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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The chair backs are ergonomically molded with supportive armrests, and each one can be stacked for easy storage.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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Was there ever a calm sea for children who could not or would not be molded into an acceptable shape, who did not fit nicely into the safe and inclusive part of the bell curve?—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The bridges for College Avenue, Capitol Avenue and Meridian Street on Fall Creek were all constructed in the early 1900s.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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The train was never constructed, and Split-Rocker is maybe better for the museum at the end of the day.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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By combining strontium doping and oxygen tuning, the team produced many slightly different versions of the material.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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This is, of course, exactly the logic that drove the CIA’s support for the Mujahideen Mujahedeen in Afghanistan and the arming of Syrian rebel factions – both of which produced consequences their architects failed to foresee.—
John Calabrese,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Handcrafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handcrafted. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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