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.

Examples of in the making in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While Wayne sold his stake for $800 at the time and later received $1,500 to forfeit any claim to the company, his 10% share could now be worth between $75 billion and $400 billion, thanks to the company’s now over $4 trillion market cap—45 years in the making. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025

The result of this revelation was a children's book about fear that was six years in the making. —Maria Williams, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025

The upcoming vote, which has been weeks in the making, is being granted to Democrats as part of a deal that was struck in November to end the record 43-day government shutdown. —Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. —Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for in the making

• merrymaking
• moneymaking
• overtaking
• papermaking
• undertaking
• aching
• baking
• braking
• breaking
• caking
• faking
• flaking