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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And any girl there seemed to me, as a Katharine in the making.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
In November, in a 6-3 vote, the district's Future-Ready Facilities Plan, which had been years in the making and would have reorganized the district, was voted down.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The question of how to protect fish and the ecological health of rivers that feed California’s largest estuary is generating heated debate in a series of hearings in Sacramento, as state officials try to gain support for a plan that has been years in the making.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Some paper was harmed in the making of this particular card.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
In November, in a 6-3 vote, the district's Future-Ready Facilities Plan, which had been years in the making and would have reorganized the district, was voted down.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The question of how to protect fish and the ecological health of rivers that feed California’s largest estuary is generating heated debate in a series of hearings in Sacramento, as state officials try to gain support for a plan that has been years in the making.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Some paper was harmed in the making of this particular card.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
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“In the making.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20making. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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