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make do
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as in cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
She could make do just fine and didn't need anyone's help.
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Recent Examples of make-do
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
Greenlanders’ self-reliance and make-do adaptation in its unforgiving climate further cement the comparison.
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Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Dec. 2025
Yet even this make-do meal felt extravagant.
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Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
The videos show more than a dozen people in a cramped, windowless room apparently wearing the clothes they were detained in and sleeping on make-do beds of aluminum blankets.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
The show has a punk rock, garage band, DIY, mix tape, basement, make-do sensibility, flowing from the band and album inspiring its title.
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Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Some were make-do solutions installed by IT and not documented, and others were put there by employees tired of waiting for more storage.
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ArsTechnica,
26 May 2025
While teasing the reader with questions about the child’s paternity, Lamont’s story of a make-do family revels in the often comically porous borders of faith, home, and adulthood.
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The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Chess pie hails from an era of make-do pies.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
Greenlanders’ self-reliance and make-do adaptation in its unforgiving climate further cement the comparison.
—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Dec. 2025
Yet even this make-do meal felt extravagant.
—
Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
The videos show more than a dozen people in a cramped, windowless room apparently wearing the clothes they were detained in and sleeping on make-do beds of aluminum blankets.
—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
The show has a punk rock, garage band, DIY, mix tape, basement, make-do sensibility, flowing from the band and album inspiring its title.
—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Some were make-do solutions installed by IT and not documented, and others were put there by employees tired of waiting for more storage.
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ArsTechnica,
26 May 2025
While teasing the reader with questions about the child’s paternity, Lamont’s story of a make-do family revels in the often comically porous borders of faith, home, and adulthood.
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The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for make-do
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Marc Moore and his neighbors along the Long Beach Peninsula have spent night after recent night watching the water spill over makeshift sand berms and wood panels put up to try to hold the ocean’s force back.
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Shortly after, cinematographer Pat Scola’s overhead view of a makeshift cemetery is a stunner.
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According to an overseas report by BasketNews, Denver’s backup center is prepared to sign a contract with the Lithuanian Euro League team Zalgiris Kaunas — an unsurprising development after Panathinaikos tried to lure him away from the NBA after the Nuggets traded for him last summer.
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Wilson explains that those differences include such elements as bespoke billet door handles and mirrors, LED headlights, and a tailgate equipped with a backup camera.
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The same is true of Colombia, which got a 65th-minute goal from Luis Díaz and another from substitute Jáminton Campaz deep in stoppage time to beat stubborn Uzbekistan.
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Ronaldo is pretty much guaranteed to play every minute of Portugal’s 2026 World Cup regardless of his impact, whereas for a player of his age, a substitute role may be more suitable.
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This appears to be a stopgap measure with Lindor’s return on the horizon.
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What appeared to be a stopgap feud with Fatu, however, has produced compelling TV on Raw, where The Bloodline family drama has been reignited.
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“Make-do.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make-do. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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