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 Other decrees include a warning that organizations that employ women would have their operating licenses revoked, and a ban on female artisans from participating in a handicraft exhibition in Kandahar. Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 Since the painstaking technique of stop-motion animation relies literally on the artists’ handicraft, this tracks brilliantly. Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024 The global roster is meant to honor and preserve cultural practices that date back centuries and are still in use today, from traditional performing arts and handicrafts to festivals and culinary techniques. Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024 Sheer fabrics and handicraft detailing abound in the most recent collections from Chloé, Valentino, Fendi, and Armani, which went heavy on beading and embroidery. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for handicraft
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Noun
  • But this community resource offers so much more: story and craft times, free internet, computer stations, genealogical records, music collections—the list goes on.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
  • To stage Jordan’s dual role, for which both brothers are often together in the same frame, Coogler, relying on elaborate technology, displays a modest yet astounding craft.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The exhibit displays over two centuries of sculptures that show how art has produced and reproduced racial attitudes and ideologies.
    John P. Jackson, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Iconoclastic critic, art historian, and photographer Max Kozloff, who served as Artforum’s executive editor in the 1970s before turning to his own artistic practice, died on April 6.
    News Desk, Artforum, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But exactly what are the opportunities and what are the risks now that President Donald Trump is trying to reorder the global economy with an unprecedented trade war?
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • What strikes Vecchione about this growing legal consensus is that the business giants who stand to lose the most under a trade war have yet to put up a fight.
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Handicraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handicraft. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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