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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  • Some companies looking to take this even further pursue deep vertical integration, manufacturing in-house all the way down to the foundry as SpaceX does, which takes still longer to build and still more capital to sustain.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • Frankenberg also argued that countering large numbers of drones requires manufacturing radar systems at comparable scale.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Definition of manufacturing
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  • Instead of producing energy from heat, as with the radiothermal generators found on deep-space probes like Voyager 2, the NanoTritium system generates electricity directly.
    — David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
  • Tired of spending his days simply delighting in psychological torture and revenge, Lestat publicly chases the life of a famous rock star, writing and producing an album and performing in a cross-country tour while maintaining a fake vampire persona.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
Definition of producing
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  • 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
  • On two occasions, a Spanish player remained on the floor after being strongly dispossessed, with Uruguay fashioning chances for Nunez, reintroduced to the starting line-up as Bielsa’s only change after the Cape Verde draw.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of fashioning
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  • The project included replacing sections of the penstock, installing new vent piping and constructing a new concrete thrust block.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
  • Success will depend less on constructing facilities than on securing long-term buyers, trusted regulators, technology transfer, and patient capital that can sustain long-term production.
    — Paul Adepoju, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of constructing
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  • Contributor Steven Vargas reported on how surviving dance companies and artists are forging ahead in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and diminished funding.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • This partnership underscores a broader trend of private aviation firms forging alliances with major sports.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of forging
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  • At the center of the room, a hatmaker lowers black felt over the hot shaping device and begins molding the crown with his hands.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
  • New Spots White, gray, red, blue, or green spots indicate that your food is molding.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
Definition of molding
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  • Other trends, like buyers being less willing to wait for wine to age before drinking it, are also shaping the market.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
  • The wrinkle is that the platforms racing to own the layer where your meaning lives are the same ones shaping the standard meant to free it, so the right to export needs to live in your own contract.
    — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of shaping
Verb
  • Foreign companies such as Vietnam’s VinFast and Japan’s Suzuki Motor are also building their presence in India across all types of EVs.
    — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • But the staff also recommends that the design be tweaked to comply with a federal law that limits building heights in downtown Washington to preserve the city's famous skyline.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of building
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