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make do
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as in cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
She could make do just fine and didn't need anyone's help.
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Recent Examples of make-do
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Yet even this make-do meal felt extravagant.
—Reem Kassis, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
The videos show more than a dozen people in a cramped, windowless room apparently wearing the clothes they were detained in and sleeping on make-do beds of aluminum blankets.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
The show has a punk rock, garage band, DIY, mix tape, basement, make-do sensibility, flowing from the band and album inspiring its title.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Some were make-do solutions installed by IT and not documented, and others were put there by employees tired of waiting for more storage.
—ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025
While teasing the reader with questions about the child’s paternity, Lamont’s story of a make-do family revels in the often comically porous borders of faith, home, and adulthood.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Coming from the era of make-do pies, chess pie is simple and (unlike buttermilk pie or custard pie) typically includes vinegar or cornmeal in the batter, often both.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Yet even this make-do meal felt extravagant.
—Reem Kassis, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
The videos show more than a dozen people in a cramped, windowless room apparently wearing the clothes they were detained in and sleeping on make-do beds of aluminum blankets.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
The show has a punk rock, garage band, DIY, mix tape, basement, make-do sensibility, flowing from the band and album inspiring its title.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Some were make-do solutions installed by IT and not documented, and others were put there by employees tired of waiting for more storage.
—ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025
While teasing the reader with questions about the child’s paternity, Lamont’s story of a make-do family revels in the often comically porous borders of faith, home, and adulthood.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for make-do
Adjective
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And a couple took their time weaving through the makeshift garden.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Despite the internet shutdown, footage of many horrifying scenes began to emerge, including images of a makeshift morgue set up outside the Legal Medicine Organization (a state forensic institute) in Kahrizak, near Tehran, after the facility’s morgue overflowed with bodies.—
Hamid Kashani,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But this season-long no backup power forward or center, empty roster spots, bringing in Precious Achiuwa then releasing?—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Cabrera, meanwhile, projects as the backup shortstop and can play all over the diamond.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Brown slowly migrated back into what is now a full-time sports reporting job, except for the occasional substitute role as a news anchor.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Feb. 2026
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The 21-year-old has started just three Premier League games and made seven substitute appearances in half a season at Molineux, and has made minimal impact under current head coach Rob Edwards.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The agreement includes a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks, while Congress negotiates new rules and guardrails for federal immigration agents.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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That stopgap solution became the seed of a new business.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Make-do.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make-do. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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