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verb

past tense of make up
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Recent Examples of made-up
Adjective
American agricultural products once made-up 40 percent of China's market; that amount has fallen below 20 percent. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025 Canons are as made-up as the stories that are part of them, so Dark Forces still has value as part of an old continuity that remains fun and quite wacky at times. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025 According to Jackson, our completely made-up (but almost certainly accurate) mythology for the ABC sudser isn’t necessarily dead in the water. Claire Franken, TVLine, 4 Mar. 2025 Canons are as made-up as the stories that are part of them, so Dark Forces still has value as part of an old continuity that remains fun and quite wacky at times. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025 To answer these questions, a group of 15 participants made-up of university students, recent graduates, and young adults, played the four online games mentioned—Valorant, Counter-Strike 2, Overwatch 2, and Fortnite. Mia Taylor, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025 Telling lies to appease a user even if a false or made-up answer is provided. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 But to pursue a state of purity—even a fictional one; even a made-up, obviously impure one—still feels righteous. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024 Not long after that, the reader’s manager started reprimanding Autumn Leaves 523 for humming, misdirecting a package, and other minor or made-up infractions. Karla Miller, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for made-up
Adjective
  • It’s been a full decade since Poot Lovato had her last taste of freedom — and according to Demi Lovato, the hilarious, fictitious alter ego is staying locked up for many decades more.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Officers of the court have a duty of candor to the court and an obligation not to file fictitious lawsuits that have no basis in fact or law.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Carter’s look comprised a corset top with crystal embellishments and matching pants featuring a slit around the knees to improve her mobility during the performance.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Each unit comprised a photon transceiver and a digital processing unit, and the devices were hooked together via 10 km of dedicated optical fiber.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Before the Frazier and Foreman fight was devised, former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of the title.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Price controls don’t work, whether they’re devised domestically or imported from abroad.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Teddy Bear, velocipedes, and the Erector Set was first marketed in 1913, as a toy that could be put together as one thing, taken apart and built into something else.
    Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As if the children of the Jews who have built so much of and in Chicago were merely an afterthought.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • This means flopping through different symbolic rooms of an imaginary house — a schtick that Danielle Deadwyler also had to do for the same reason in The Woman in the Yard, a movie that might still be playing when Thunderbolts* hits the cineplex.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The deeper themes about race and history and culture, as well as the sheer terror and excitement, all feed audiences craving to confront our demons and fears, but in a safe imaginary setting – all the more important when those fears increasingly stalk the daytime for so many people.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The monument is composed of rocks transported from far and wide—impressive feats of shipping for its Neolithic builders.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team, which is composed of in-house writers and editors as well as contributors—along with special consideration from dermatologists.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The star and executive producer briefly revived the series in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois, two decades later in March 2018.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Kanopy won’t be competing with A24 for Sundance titles anytime soon, but Tyrell hopes to pursue not just documentaries but fictional book adaptations that can tap into a crossover audience of film lovers and avid readers.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO), working with police and military investigators, is probing whether Yoon's actions constituted rebellion.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • In a forum on Eleven Warriors, a popular Buckeyes fan website, a commenter recently polled fellow fans about what constituted success this season.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024

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