in the making
idiom
: in the process of being made
The film was three years in the making.
She has a talent for spotting problems in the making.
We were watching history in the making.
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Over two decades in the making, the $1 billion museum -- set close to the famed Pyramids of Giza, just outside the capital Cairo -- is touted by officials as the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization.
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Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
Does the KnitWell Group — operator of Ann Taylor, Loft, Talbots and Chico’s — have another retail chain in the making?
—David Moin, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Thompson is looking like a two-way All-Star in the making.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
In an October 2022 interview, Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy, told The Independent that Rowling wasn’t deeply involved in the making of the HP movies.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
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Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
Does the KnitWell Group — operator of Ann Taylor, Loft, Talbots and Chico’s — have another retail chain in the making?
—David Moin, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Thompson is looking like a two-way All-Star in the making.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
In an October 2022 interview, Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy, told The Independent that Rowling wasn’t deeply involved in the making of the HP movies.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the making
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“In the making.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20making. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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