craft
noun
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill.
have been crafting
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present perfect progressiveof craft.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For the past decade, city planners and stakeholders in downtown Los Angeles have been crafting a plan that would set the area’s development priorities for the area for the next 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
Since 2020, she and her team have been crafting, puzzle solving and creating this massive project — or what Ralph Appelbaum calls “the grand story of the exhibit.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
“For many decades, queer artists have been crafting hilarious tales of trauma in bars, coffeehouses, festivals, someone’s apartment that became a theater,” Dunham says.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2018
However, musicians have been crafting clandestine numerical codes for us mere mortals to decipher for centuries, and the practice was particularly rife among the great classical composers.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2016
House Speaker John Boehner and other leading House Republicans have been crafting a series of principles as a first step toward moving immigration legislation through the chamber this year.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2014
