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as in to produce
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials
will you help me make the dough for the cookies?
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as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
we finally made it!
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as in to create
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over
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as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion
one person from each department will be asked to make a short presentation at the meeting
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as in to compel
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
made him do all the work while everyone else just lounged around
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as in to estimate
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
I make that to be about six feet long
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as in to build
to form by putting together parts or materials
make a model airplane
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as in to head
to go on a specified course or in a certain direction
the baby made straight for the toy lying on the rug
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as in to enact
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
the legislature failed to make any new laws last session
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as in to earn
to receive as return for effort
I make considerably more money now than I did when I first started working here
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as in to understand
to have a clear idea of
what do you make of the latest information?
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as in to shut
chiefly dialect
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening
make the gate when ye leave
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Recent Examples of make
While Boston shot 5-for-20 in the period, Atlanta went 13-for-19, including the second made three of the night from the typically erratic Dyson Daniels.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
That creativity led Cochran to work with scallops in the challenge, making a duo of green and yellow sauces with broccoli and chlorophyll, daikon and a carrot and saffron broth.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The filings record an investigation made by a representative group of creditors attempting to claw back a total of $12.9m owed to them by GST.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
That creativity led Cochran to work with scallops in the challenge, making a duo of green and yellow sauces with broccoli and chlorophyll, daikon and a carrot and saffron broth.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The filings record an investigation made by a representative group of creditors attempting to claw back a total of $12.9m owed to them by GST.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for make
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This story was produced with financial support from Trish and Dan Bell and donors in South Florida’s Jewish and Muslim communities, including Khalid and Diana Mirza and the Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer Foundation, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Back-to-back one-out doubles from Pete Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Amaya produced the Cubs’ lone run in the third.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Her early death, after an illness that the father initially contrives to ignore then notices just in time to capture her desperation in a fine sketch, leaves Mimí utterly disoriented, yearning only to achieve a level of self-control and detachment that will spare him their tumultuous struggle.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Mexico’s Environmental Ministry confirmed to AP that the goal is to achieve that designation in 2026.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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The avalanche descended approximately 400 vertical feet down a face of Perry’s Peak, creating a debris field about 100 feet wide, the report said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Sachs said additional data about Idahoans would likely have to be collected to fulfill the requirements.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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The once-largest navy in the world had to borrow a warship from Germany to fulfill its NATO obligations to patrol the North Atlantic.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2026
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Discussions were had at those meetings, and every single thing that has happened has been compelled by council action.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Even those who advocated for conservative positions were compelled to make their case in language amenable to the liberal sensibility.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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But state lawmakers estimate a quarter to half of current enrollees — as many as 40,000 people — would be thrown off the Medicaid expansion under the requirements in House Bill 913 and forced to find coverage another way, or go without.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
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The latest statistics estimate there are more than 500,000 DACA recipients in the country.—
Mathew Miranda
Updated March 31,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Because the property was given special permission to build here and to date, is the only structure in Gion allowed to be above the legal limit of 39 feet.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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Amid planning for those flights, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the agency will send up another Orion crew next year to rehearse rendezvous and docking procedures with moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Sonya and Jason, the inn's effervescent community coordinators seem to have every islander on speed-dial and will plan and replan your itinerary as many times as needed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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But the facility wasn’t up to snuff for NASCAR to return in 2014 — a product of the facility getting worse with time — and at that point, the racing seemed forever lost.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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