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as in to comprise
to be all the substance of
the book is made up of 20 chapters
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as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project
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as in to build
to form by putting together parts or materials
we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked "some assembly required"
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as in paint
preparations intended to beautify the face
she never left the house without applying her makeup and arranging her jewelry
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as in design
the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged
the makeup of the memorial is strikingly simple: a single massive globe signifying world unity
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Recent Examples of make up
The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
There must be a majority group large enough and compact enough to make up a district, and White residents have to vote together cohesively enough to defeat a minority group’s candidate.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Hair and makeup by BRIAN O’CONNOR.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Verb
It is made up of Marcus Aurelius’s advice to himself, produced perhaps as an antidote to being constantly surrounded by and subjected to the temptation and corruption of life as Emperor.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
There must be a majority group large enough and compact enough to make up a district, and White residents have to vote together cohesively enough to defeat a minority group’s candidate.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
The singer and actress’ hair was styled by Danielle Priano, with makeup provided by Scott Barnes.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Hair and makeup by BRIAN O’CONNOR.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for make up
Verb
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This groundbreaking structure comprises eight triangular steel sections that roll up to a perfect octagon in 2-3 minutes.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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This story was produced with financial support from Trish and Dan Bell and from donors comprising the South Florida Jewish and Muslim Communities, including Khalid and Diana Mirza, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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To that end, the Charlotte Symphony commissioned Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates to devise a brief musical signature called a sonic logo for the orchestra.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Shon and his collaborators, including Ruozhu Feng and Wei Wang, built their prototype with carbon electrodes.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Nearly every duke and earl and baron in England was competing to build great rare book collections, and lots and lots of fake manuscripts emerged.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead, its abstract paint stroke pattern was filled in black, white and gray, while the remainder of the midsole was given a glittery silver appearance.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Avoid power washing rotten wood or any siding or trim with lead paint.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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The book contains 50 of Garber’s tattoo designs created during the pandemic.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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The company has put a lot of focus and money toward design, especially interior design.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When fully integrated, the launch system is composed of both a 232-foot Super Heavy rocket and the 171-foot upper stage Starship, the spacecraft where crew and cargo would ride.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The bridge is 641 feet long and is composed of more than 888 tons of structural steel.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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One of the smartest things the subgroup of three commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick did in concocting a 12-team CFP format was to grant automatic playoff berths to the top six conference champions (later five after the Pac-12’s collapse).—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX’s luck appears to be turning, as the company notched a second straight successful test flight of the Starship launch system — the most powerful rocket ever constructed — on Monday evening.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Exercises focused on how to find and purify water, fish and hunt for animals, forage for edible plants, find dry wood to build a fire and construct palm leaf-sapling lean-to shelters.—
Kit Bernardi,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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