HANDCRAFTING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

handcrafting

verb

present participle of handcraft

as in manufacturing

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Sun Pharma had previously said the site was expected to become one of its largest manufacturing ⁠hubs for sterile products in a business identified as a key global growth driver.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
When pressed on the economy, Gruters pointed to Trump’s push to limit federal taxes on tips and overtime pay, to create investment accounts for children and to bring back manufacturing jobs.

— Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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These structures form a mesh-like network that immobilizes the kerosene, producing a material with liquid and solid-like properties.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
And his teammates did follow his lead, with Austin Reaves collecting 19 points and Walker Kessler producing a double-double with 16 points on six-for-six shooting and 15 rebounds to go along with three blocks.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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The duo and their team of costumers got to work fashioning Skarsgård a bottom half—wood and all.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Now nobody wants to start fashioning a bust in Canton for Rodriguez already but as fellow linebacker Jordyn Brooks told the Miami Herald, the rookie has the potential to be an amazing player for quite some time.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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Conservation development is a method of constructing lots and homes closer together on smaller plots, the program states.

— Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Fielder has made a career out of constructing elaborate social experiments, like building exact replicas of people’s homes and hiring actors to impersonate their loved ones on The Rehearsal.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of constructing

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Bahl said the film centers on music, identity and belonging, and takes place in a period when a generation was forging a cultural identity of its own.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
The county party chair and operations director were charged with perjury and forgery, but the crime was forging signatures, not their strategy.

— Drew Kurlowski, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of forging

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Then, tentatively, Serhii began molding himself into his new life.

— Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of molding

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But now politics and policy are shaping the way capital is flowing in the world.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
With Election Day approaching, voters in Delaware County said a range of issues is shaping their decisions, from the economy and inflation to border security and crime.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of shaping

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The event reinforces our commitment to building a strong, collaborative supply chain that delivers economic growth, innovation and long-term maritime capability in both nations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
The guy’s building a ballroom that’s bigger than the White House.

— Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

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