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handicraft

noun

ˈhan-di-ˌkraft

Definition of handicraft

as in craft

an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands volunteers demonstrating early American handicrafts, such as blacksmithing, glassblowing, and weaving

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Recent Examples of handicraft See the handicrafts area in Khan El Khalili Or go at night to watch belly dancing at night. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 The next year she was appointed minister of grassroots development, handicrafts, youth, and youth employment. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 June 2026 The Nest mark is the first standard of its kind in the global handicraft industry, which, according to one market estimate, reached $427 billion last year. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 3 June 2026 Expect a mixture of Colorado farms, handicrafts and ready-to-eat foods, and look for natural body care and on-site massage. — Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for handicraft

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Although Amazon earned 17 statuettes across its Prime Video and MGM Studios subdivisions, most of those wins were in craft categories and didn’t air on last night’s Primetime Emmys broadcast.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
The lounge also offers other craft cocktails, as well as light bites like flatbreads and charcuterie boards.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

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The Katonah Museum of Art is an unexpected stop for rotating exhibitions of cross-disciplinary visual art, while Philip Johnson’s Glass House in nearby New Canaan is also worth a half-day excursion.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
Editor Cam McLauchlin never cuts them into mere blitzes of limbs and blood, though DP Katelin Arizmendi’s acidic palette of yellows, greens and corporeal streaks of red does lend the realism a kind of pop-art splendor.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

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Monkeys, tigers, exotic birds destined for the pet trade or as trophies, reptiles and sea cucumbers prized for food and medicine all pass through the region's airports and border crossings, according to officials with the network.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
The group was founded by Amazon, Netflix and YouTube and is led by TechNet, a tech-industry trade group that has 106 member companies.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

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