shoemaking
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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For Salcido, it was a way to preserve local jobs and prevent her firm's artisan shoemaking from being taken out of the US – which she was convinced would happen under a cost-cutting corporate buyer.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Francis isn’t just cataloging L.A.’s shoemaking history, he’s helping to keep it alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Before we even meet the film’s subject, the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo, this mesmerizing procedural overture suggests that Ferragamo viewed shoemaking as an art and a science.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Her sons wanted to build a house and open a shoe store in this town of about 1,500 people known for its shoemaking.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
Following his shoemaking phase, Cleofes began to traipse around the county carrying a little statue of Santa Inez del Campo, who was supposed to find missing animals.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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