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
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  • Democrats see an opportunity to win this cycle in once-competitive Iowa, where high costs, health clinic closures, manufacturing job losses and a struggling agricultural economy weigh on voters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Last January, Badelle received an additional sentence of two years and eight months for manufacturing a deadly weapon by a prisoner, the CDCR said.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of manufacturing
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  • After remaining at -13°F for 168 hours, the hydrogel continued producing repeatable electrical signals when exposed to movements such as finger bending and fingertip pressing.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Although far from perfect, AI systems are getting much better at producing clean, reliable code.
    — Cheryl Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of producing
Verb
  • Beard is fashioning a Ted out of paper clips when Roy comes to release him for violating the comportment bylaws.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Isha has been fashioning herself as an industry power broker, this season shining attention on both these designers.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 8 July 2026
Definition of fashioning
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  • Better access began not with constructing another clinic or hiring an entirely new workforce, but with examining how existing capacity was used.
    — Eugene Litvak, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Isolating each peak required constructing a very specific function that, when multiplied by the original fractal-like function, would pull out just the peak and be close to zero everywhere else.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructing
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  • Deborah is forging her own stylish reputation wearing Balmain and a Chanel look of her own.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Bosa seems committed to forging ahead in another ACL comeback, having rebounded well in 2021 with a reconstructed left knee and captured NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2022.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of forging
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  • Whereas the Scranton method mainly involves molding ultrahot steel in giant forging presses, Repkon added a step in which a fast-spinning machine squeezes and rolls out the metal like clay on a potter’s wheel.
    — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • At the company’s Woburn research facility, lab technicians recently poured pellets into a molding machine to make forks.
    — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of molding
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  • When James Gunn and Peter Safran took the reins at DC Studios in 2022, one of their core tenets was ensuring that the writers and directors shaping their interconnected universe would not be beholden to a house style.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • An open conversation where Executive Members can ask Amy and Hilary questions, explore specific topics in more depth, share perspectives, and discuss the opportunities and challenges shaping the longevity tech field.
    — Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of shaping
Verb
  • The vast majority of SpaceX's launches this year — at the moment, 74 of them — have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of nearly 11,000 operational satellites.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • For anyone building toward a finer piece, a moissanite tennis necklace offers a graceful starting point.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of building
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