How to Use make waves in a Sentence

make waves

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  • Nvidia founder Jensen Huang is making waves in the art world.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
  • Nearly six years later, her recipes are still making waves online.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That’s clear in last year’s report, which made waves across tech and politics circles around the world.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 10 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, her existing work is set to make waves in Hollywood.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Here are just a few local players making waves at the highest levels of college football.
    — Pj Green september 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Let’s do a quick recap of the results, highlighting the winners, the upsets, and the top players who made waves.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Sign up for the newsletter El Niño is also able to make waves, themselves, more intense.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Blow Up Hall first made waves in 2009 as one of Poland’s most avant-garde boutique hotels.
    — Annelise Sorensen, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
  • While the then-37-year-old bested her opponent in the Ladies Singles, her wardrobe was what made waves.
    — Afia Asamoah, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • Van Wagoner is one of several rising-star San Diego-area surfers making waves in recent years.
    — Laylan Connelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As the barefoot shoe trend continues to make waves this summer, Shakira is taking it quite literally.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Dolly Parton may be gone, but her spirit of self-expression is still making waves — this time in a Texas federal court.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Let’s do a quick recap of the results, highlighting the winners, the upsets, and the top International players who made waves.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Most recently, Aran has gone into acting, with three exciting projects coming up, and is making waves for looking just like his famous father.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Charlie, then 24, was a fresh-faced wunderkind already making waves in the Republican Party.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
  • At the time, Beyoncé wasn’t the only major American artist making waves in Latin music.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Of course, brunettes hair has enjoyed some serious experimentation over the past year, with various graduations of the tone making waves.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 4 July 2026
  • South Korean automaker Hyundai and its Kia and Genesis brands have made waves in recent years for modern designs and tech.
    — Keith Laing, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Take Kelly Osbourne’s $250,000 manicure, which is still making waves over a decade later.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Santos is a former Congressman from New York who made waves during his time in the House for appearing to falsify much of his life story.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Another contender is Instinct, whose eponymous agent has made waves for its ease of use — including the fact that users can communicate with it over iMessage and many other chat apps.
    — Hayden Field, The Verge, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Nearly 20 years after her death, an upcoming movie about Anna Nicole Smith‘s doctor is making waves with her family.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 July 2026
  • Amodei once made waves by saying AI could replace 50% of white collar jobs, but more recently has called AI a multiplier of jobs.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • With a slate of shorts that has made waves under its belt, the production company has started to transition into feature-length filmmaking and is eyeing a move into series, while continuing to make shorts.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
  • He’s been traveling around the world — Australia, El Salvador, Brazil — only to pack his bags early while the other surfers continued in their heats, earned points, made waves.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Peter Woods The second of the Chiefs’ 2026 first-round selections made waves during his pre-draft media appearances with his ability to sing.
    — Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Anatomie is making waves in the fashion industry, and everything the brand has built, including the product, the margins, the loyalty, and the leadership, suggests that the horizon is bright and worth paying attention to.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Though Netflix had already been making waves by disrupting the movie rental business, pivoting to streaming turned the company into a powerhouse that posed a threat to traditional cable services.
    — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The allegations made waves in the conservative stronghold that has been represented by a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for decades.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • As an indie stalwart in the publicity and marketing space, Cinetic Marketing has long enjoyed making an outsized impact on the movies that make waves out of festivals and during awards season.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

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