: manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings
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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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Opal can be man-made just like diamonds.
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Opal can be man-made just like diamonds.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The phonograph records contain aspects that encapsulate life on Earth, such as samples of music from different cultures and eras, natural and man-made sounds from Earth, and electronic information encoded in analog form that an advanced civilization could convert into photographs.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
All three lakes, man-made in the mid-20th century to accompany thousands of housing units, are regularly choked with algae.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Opal can be man-made just like diamonds.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The phonograph records contain aspects that encapsulate life on Earth, such as samples of music from different cultures and eras, natural and man-made sounds from Earth, and electronic information encoded in analog form that an advanced civilization could convert into photographs.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
All three lakes, man-made in the mid-20th century to accompany thousands of housing units, are regularly choked with algae.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 29 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 Oct. 2025.
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