handcrafting

verb

present participle of handcraft
as in manufacturing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handcrafting
  1. manufacturing
  2. producing
  3. fashioning
  4. constructing
  5. forging
  6. molding
  7. shaping
  8. building
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  • Intel’s PowerVia is one implementation, although manufacturing such structures requires additional processing, including wafer thinning and precise backside connections.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The humanoid is built to help warehouse and manufacturing employees with repetitive tasks like lifting boxes, stacking totes and moving items from other mobile robots onto conveyor belts.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of manufacturing
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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
Definition of producing
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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
Definition of fashioning
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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 data centers refer to SpaceX’s controversial plan to put AI computer centers into orbit (and, presumably, away from states controlled by Democratic politicians — Hinojosa supports a moratorium on building AI data centers in Texas).
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The letter says Alterra currently leases approximately 41,000 square feet at Zeppelin Station in RiNo, 3501 Wazee Street, and is responsible for base rent of approximately $133,227 per month, plus its share of building operating expenses.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of building
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