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workmanship

[wurk-muhn-ship] / ˈwɜrk mənˌʃɪp /


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To call this the rough-and-ready style of a workshop would not do as an excuse: A workshop requires workmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Such designs required careful planning, skilled workmanship, and an understanding of how tool performance could be improved by combining materials.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

He is not entitled to be repaid for shoddy workmanship.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025

Many environmentalists and community members had worried the speed of the cleanup might lead to workers cutting corners or substandard workmanship.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Actually, I was much less struck by the satiric implications of the picture than I was by the quality of workmanship that had gone into it.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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