made

Definition of madenext
past tense of make
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement I make that to be about six feet long

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Recent Examples of made Original moldings, door knobs, and wood paneling have been preserved, but spaces have been shaped for contemporary use including made disabled-accessible. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026 Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took aim at New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft after Macklemore was forced off Ed Sheeran’s tour following onstage comments the rapper made in support of Palestinians amid Israel’s war in Gaza. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026 The shirts were made and distributed by a business association representing companies the eastern region of Valencia. ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 Both are right in isolated moments, and both are wrong if the decision gets made without stepping back first. Nick Chandi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Around 95 percent of its collection is made in Europe, primarily in Portugal and Italy, as well as Romania and Turkey. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 Seven months before the best golfers in the world tee off at Fields Ranch East for the 2027 PGA Championship, some of the best college golfers made their way to PGA Frisco to try the course out themselves. Johnny Resendiz, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 The text is written on parchment made from sheep, fleeced, their hides soaked in lime, stretched and dried. Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026 The request was made after informal discussions between the Justice Department and British law enforcement did not produce the unredacted information, the Times reported. Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for made
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  • One of the Roundhouse’s biggest brags is an extensive liquor collection, highlighting spirits produced in New York State.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Directed and produced by Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri, the film stars Sophie Okonedo as Clarissa, along with David Oyelowo, India Amarteifio, Toheeb Jimoh, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Ayo Edebiri.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • Alpha has achieved several successful launches, but setbacks and failures have kept Firefly from establishing a routine launch cadence.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI is open about the fact that the numbers are achieved under the best possible conditions and may be slightly different from the models available in the production ChatGPT product that most users can access.
    Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • The use of chemical weapons would add to mounting human rights abuses and atrocities by both sides in a war that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
    Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In May 2020, Naming the Lost, a public art project, created temporary memorials to casualties in all five boroughs.
    Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • Scrubbing showers, vacuuming floors, and cleaning out the fridge are tasks to be accomplished, not to be enjoyed, right?
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But before the bond hits the ballot, district officials wanted to redraw its boundaries and identify projects that could be accomplished without requesting a tax increase from voters.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • But the truth of it is that Sharaa forced his hand by seizing swathes of the SDF’s territory in a lightning offensive in January.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In 1963, Gloria Steinem went undercover for a journalism assignment as a Playboy bunny, exposing degrading working conditions that forced policy changes.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Around 23,126 people died of alcohol-attributable cancer in 2023, up from 11,361 in 1990, according to the study, which estimated the deaths using a global database of disease mortality and population-level estimates of alcohol exposure.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Nigerians are on track to spend $34 billion on healthcare this year, nearly double the amount spent five years ago, a report by the Health Federation of Nigeria, a non-profit coalition of private sector providers, estimated.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Ergonomics was about chairs that were built for people, rather than chairs designed to fit efficiently into an office or be simple to stack and move.
    Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Many of its stations look as though they were built for the tsars, clad in precious marble and adorned with mosaics, crystal chandeliers, sculptures, and gilded moldings.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • This guy seemed all right, so why not meet up with him just to try it out?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The show’s composer, Stephen Schwartz, and director, Howard Sponseller, seemed utterly taken with this tall, skinny girl, whose name was Gilda Radner.
    Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

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