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handcrafting

verb

present participle of handcraft
as in manufacturing

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  1. manufacturing
  2. producing
  3. fashioning
  4. constructing
  5. forging
  6. molding
  7. shaping
  8. building
Verb
  • This configuration is designed to remain operational despite manufacturing deviations and wear that develops during extended operation.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • This includes companies adding manufacturing shifts, increasing batch sizes, and prioritizing production of estradiol patches.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of manufacturing
Verb
  • That target remains well beyond simply producing a larger processor.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Centuries before the internet infiltrated almost every aspect of daily life, Swift described how scientific and technological advances could lead to chronic distraction by producing an obsession with what could be rather than what is.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of producing
Verb
  • Ashcraft has allowed two runs over his last two starts (17 IP), fashioning a 14-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • While the boy has not been charged as an adult, the adult designation gives a judge the option of sentencing him as a juvenile, an adult, or fashioning a blended sentence with the option of imposing an adult sentence if the boy is not rehabilitated.
    — Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of fashioning
Verb
  • Companies are racing into rural America to build not only data centers but facilities for the businesses constructing and servicing them.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Building faster without sacrificing design Monumental intends to expand beyond bricklaying into other parts of constructing a building’s shell.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of constructing
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  • Berger was adept at forging new forms, articulating ideas without ever losing complexity, and maintaining curiosity alongside a commitment to principles.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
  • For now, Oluko is forging a smooth psychic path for Leighton to do this work.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of forging
Verb
  • Buffalo weighed those reports before adding Walker and molding the rookie to become a star prospect who started every game except the opener.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has leaned into molding the White House and Greater Washington in his own image, harkening back to his days as a real estate developer in 1970s and 1980s New York.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of molding
Verb
  • Everyone from the president of the New York Yankees (Randy Levine) to an oil billionaire (Cody Campbell) to a private equity firm (Smash Capital) is shaping the future of college athletics with no meaningful input from actual college athletes.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • This is part of how Hollywood helped make the gerbil legend, shaping stars to deliver fantasies but telling lies along the way.
    — Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaping
Verb
  • Eighty of the rocket's flights this year have been dedicated to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of more than 11,000 active spacecraft.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Dynamic Creatures is building software, and using hardware from Unitree, AgiBot, and Boston Dynamics.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of building
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