crafting

verb

present participle of craft
as in preparing
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form spent hours crafting the perfect letter of recommendation for her prize student

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Recent Examples of crafting Paranormal Activity understands just how much fun that can be, crafting a story so suspenseful, so surprising and so startling that the audience’s screams become a soundtrack all their own. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 There was something so strong about the image of that smiling, always smiling, country queen who hid her rage and pain behind the sequins, crafting these deeply personal songs. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 People are embracing hands-on, analog hobbies like fermenting and outdoor crafting to disconnect from digital life. — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 25 Aug. 2026 Middlemarch George Eliot’s unconventional Victorian novel upends expectations while crafting a complex portrait of family and individual life in fictional Middlemarch, North Loamshire. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 Navigating the pitfalls of online communication — crafting the perfect message, sifting through the endless stack of profiles — can compound the feeling. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Aug. 2026 And when the conversations conclude, the work of crafting an episode is just beginning. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 Marketers have followed the north star of search engine optimization (SEO) for decades, strategically crafting content to attract users to their sites. — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Even before Gardner shows up an hour before curtain, a backstage crew is hard at work crafting Lumiere’s signature flame effect. — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crafting
  1. preparing
  2. composing
  3. drafting
  4. writing
Verb
  • Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Even as the justices were preparing to release their opinion, the postal service did in fact develop and release a new rule about mail-in voting.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of preparing
Verb
  • Rather than composing the harmful instruction in plaintext, the hacker encrypts it.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Eisenberg wrote, directed and produced the film, also appearing in it and composing its original music and lyrics.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of composing
Verb
  • The next step will be drafting the final language governing the sale and preservation requirements before the property changes hands.
    — Noah Daly August 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Examples include preparing a report from recent conversations or drafting a follow-up on what was discussed in the latest meeting.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of drafting
Verb
  • Additionally, writing longer, more detailed descriptions of concerns (over 100 words) significantly increased response rates.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Dunham is adapting the script with Jessica Huang, while Jepsen is writing the music and lyrics with Ethan Gruska.
    — Jessica Barrett, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of writing

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“Crafting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crafting. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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