: manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings
Examples of man-made in a Sentence
man-made diamonds that were really just glass
the houses in the new development are built around a man-made lake
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All three lakes, man-made in the mid-20th century to accompany thousands of housing units, are regularly choked with algae.
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Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Outside of New Orleans, the storm itself caused damage; within the city, the disaster felt more man-made.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Antioxidants, which can be natural or man-made, can delay or prevent some types of cell damage9, and research has suggested papaya seeds might be a good source of natural antioxidants.10
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—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 12 Aug. 2025
This famine is man-made, made possible by support from the US government, among many other nations who remain unwilling to halt their funding and denial of Israel’s war crimes….
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Aug. 2025
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Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Outside of New Orleans, the storm itself caused damage; within the city, the disaster felt more man-made.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Antioxidants, which can be natural or man-made, can delay or prevent some types of cell damage9, and research has suggested papaya seeds might be a good source of natural antioxidants.10
5.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 12 Aug. 2025
This famine is man-made, made possible by support from the US government, among many other nations who remain unwilling to halt their funding and denial of Israel’s war crimes….
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for man-made
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“Man-made.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man-made. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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