make history
idiom
: to do something that is very important or famous and that will be remembered as part of history
They made history by discovering the structure of DNA.
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Earhart was traveling with her navigator, Fred Noonan, in a twin-engine Lockheed Electra when the duo vanished while in flight from New Guinea to Howland Island during Earhart's attempt to make history as the first female pilot to fly across the globe.
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Raleigh went on to an unprecedented individual season, and now his team has a chance to make history of its own.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The Colombian superstar is poised to make history as the first Latina artist to headline Coachella, three years after Bad Bunny became the first Latino artist to headline the event in 2023.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
The revisions make history crackle again.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Raleigh went on to an unprecedented individual season, and now his team has a chance to make history of its own.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The Colombian superstar is poised to make history as the first Latina artist to headline Coachella, three years after Bad Bunny became the first Latino artist to headline the event in 2023.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
The revisions make history crackle again.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Make history.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20history. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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