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as in transformed
to change in form, appearance, or use
the old factory was completely made over and is now an upscale shopping center
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as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
made the deed over to his daughter
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as in remodeled
to make different in some way
just got up one day and decided to make over her hairstyle and her appearance in general
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Recent Examples of made over
Incremental stadium improvements have been made over the years, including luxury suites in 1999 and an expansion to more than 85,000 seats in 2013.
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ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Adofo-Mensah's first draft in 2022 proved to be costly for the Vikings, after an aggressive pursuit of pick value that started with moving down from the 12th to the 32nd pick in the first of six trades made over those three days.
—CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Only 24% identified more dynamic talent deployment as a key change made over the last year.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Men in Black, which starred Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as Agent K and Agent J, respectively, made over $580 million at the box office.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
The shelter made over 1,000 transfers to other rescue organizations.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Marchand was the fifth trade the Panthers made over the past week.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Prior to this post, Fox wiped her Instagram clean of any other posts she's made over the years.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The donations can be made over time.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Adofo-Mensah's first draft in 2022 proved to be costly for the Vikings, after an aggressive pursuit of pick value that started with moving down from the 12th to the 32nd pick in the first of six trades made over those three days.
—CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Only 24% identified more dynamic talent deployment as a key change made over the last year.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Men in Black, which starred Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as Agent K and Agent J, respectively, made over $580 million at the box office.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
The shelter made over 1,000 transfers to other rescue organizations.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Marchand was the fifth trade the Panthers made over the past week.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Prior to this post, Fox wiped her Instagram clean of any other posts she's made over the years.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The donations can be made over time.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for made over
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Austin is the most liberal city in Texas but it’s also being transformed by tech money.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Two years later, the midnight-movie adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show transformed it into a cultural phenomenon, fueled by raucous responses, scant costumes and a sense of communal anarchy.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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But if the entire area was ceded back to the District of Columbia, the electoral advantage in the new districts would be dulled and new districts would be drawn in light of the state’s shrunken footprint.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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At the institute, McMahon ceded policy to others.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The former clubhouse was remodeled into Trinity Christian College’s administration building, and the original curriculum focused on philosophy, history, English and theology.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Three Placer County Walmart stores are set to be remodeled this year as part of a nationwide effort by Walmart to update its stores.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Hungarians demonstrated that a moment of divisiveness can be converted into a moment of collective agency.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The oldest bookstore on our list, Baldwin’s Book Barn in western Pennsylvania, was built in 1822 as a farmhouse before William and Lilla Baldwin converted it into the permanent home of their then-roaming bookselling business in 1946.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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When the Chicago office, which had about fifty lawyers, was closed, all of its cases, totalling in the thousands, were assigned to a single lawyer in Denver.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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In his order, Nunley recounted the attorney’s claim he’d been assigned more than 300 nearly identical cases in the last three months, all of immigrants in detention who argued they were being held without cause.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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So when Brighton & Hove Albion came to Tottenham on Saturday, De Zerbi changed it.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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Mitchell Robinson changed the game off the bench.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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When Saban retired, Downs transferred to Ohio State, starting 30 games over two seasons and leading the Buckeyes to a national championship in 2024.—
Bill Jones,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, all but two players on the 2025-2026 team coached by Steve Lavin have transferred out.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Finally, in overcoming this vexing moment, the two would establish a painterly repartee that altered the trajectory of their own work and, by extension, modern art.—
Susan Tallman,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Dog breeds like pugs and French and English bulldogs now have significantly altered skull shapes that result in serious, and even life-threatening, issues created by our value of aesthetics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2026
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