handicraft
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The simulation of human handicraft — of stagehands and horn players hiding in the wings — is unnerving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
Throughout the old town, kitschy souvenir shops have replaced handicraft stalls and bookstores.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
Many others work in tourism and handicraft jobs linked to Sami culture.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022
Mechanization set the stage for the Industrial Revolution, a transition away from societies focused on agriculture and handicraft production to socioeconomic systems dominated by the manufacture of goods, primarily with machines.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Nuclear weapons became almost a home handicraft industry.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The Taliban authorities rule by a strict interpretation of Islamic law, barring women from the majority of professions while permitting some to work in industries such as handicrafts.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Brazil Potash has invested in a local school and soccer team, and has promised to help the Mura expand income from fish farming, small-scale agriculture and handicrafts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Over the years, he's had offers - government grants, promises of apprentices, even suggestions from the state handicrafts department.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
They hold a bazaar to display handicrafts made by Christian and Muslim women, including food, textiles, and holiday decorations.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2024
Her plan was to make it an outlet for some of the native handicrafts from areas where we had worked.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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