: manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings
Examples of man-made in a Sentence
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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Los Angeles County, all 4,000 square miles of it, has a way of insulating and isolating mayhem, man-made or otherwise.
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Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 9 June 2025
The aim is to churn out 3 million meters of fabric each month, whether natural or man-made, solid or print, knit or woven.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
Dinant is the perfect combination of natural and man-made beauty.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
This was a disastrous night for the Wizards, in an epoch of seemingly never-ending disasters — some man-made (see Webber to Kings, above), others a matter of bad luck.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 9 June 2025
The aim is to churn out 3 million meters of fabric each month, whether natural or man-made, solid or print, knit or woven.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
Dinant is the perfect combination of natural and man-made beauty.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
This was a disastrous night for the Wizards, in an epoch of seemingly never-ending disasters — some man-made (see Webber to Kings, above), others a matter of bad luck.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 13 May 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 2 Jul. 2025.
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