as in crafts
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 handicrafts
See the handicrafts area in Khan El Khalili Or go at night to watch belly dancing at night.
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Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
The next year she was appointed minister of grassroots development, handicrafts, youth, and youth employment.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 June 2026
Browse a market of Mexican handicrafts and eat taquitos on Olvera Street.
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Krista Simmons,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
Caraluna’s product selection — a mix of ready-to-wear, accessories, home lines, lifestyle objects, Sardinian handicrafts and vintage pieces — is overseen by her with the help of Eva Géraldine Fontanelli.
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
Jacobs speaks candidly of a troubled childhood and lovingly about Fifth Avenue shopping trips with his grandmother, which inspired a feeling for fashion history and handicrafts.
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Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
The rooms Packed with personality and thoughtful details of Boholano heritage, guest spaces are havens of warm wood and handicrafts.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
Like other Thai cities, Chiang Rai boasts its fair share of markets and night bazaars, where visitors can browse Thai handicrafts and sample khao soi (a curry noodle soup that’s a northern specialty) and mango sticky rice at their own pace.
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Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
25 Feb. 2026
The deal will see tariffs slashed across a wide range of products, including textiles, apparel, leather, footwear, gems and jewelry, handicrafts, engineering goods and automobiles.
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Arshad R. Zargar,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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
Browse a market of Mexican handicrafts and eat taquitos on Olvera Street.
—
Krista Simmons,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
Caraluna’s product selection — a mix of ready-to-wear, accessories, home lines, lifestyle objects, Sardinian handicrafts and vintage pieces — is overseen by her with the help of Eva Géraldine Fontanelli.
—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
Jacobs speaks candidly of a troubled childhood and lovingly about Fifth Avenue shopping trips with his grandmother, which inspired a feeling for fashion history and handicrafts.
—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
The rooms Packed with personality and thoughtful details of Boholano heritage, guest spaces are havens of warm wood and handicrafts.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
Like other Thai cities, Chiang Rai boasts its fair share of markets and night bazaars, where visitors can browse Thai handicrafts and sample khao soi (a curry noodle soup that’s a northern specialty) and mango sticky rice at their own pace.
—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
25 Feb. 2026
The deal will see tariffs slashed across a wide range of products, including textiles, apparel, leather, footwear, gems and jewelry, handicrafts, engineering goods and automobiles.
—
Arshad R. Zargar,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handicrafts
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Gnome Apothecary crafts small-batch herbal medicines in the Hudson Valley that honor the wisdom of plants, support everyday wellness, and deepen the relationship between people and the natural world.
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Explore unique crafts, goods and gifts from over 15 local vendors.
Noun
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Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
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But the sections that can be read between gaps where the surface is lost point to a philosophical treatise on ethics, arts and human nature.
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“Handicrafts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handicrafts. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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