makes

present tense third-person singular of make
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as in estimates
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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as in seems
to give the impression of being the family made merry despite their financial worries

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as in shuts
chiefly dialect to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening make the gate when ye leave

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Recent Examples of makes When a team makes an investment in a cornerback like Indianapolis did, that player should be trusted to take on any receiver in the league. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026 Digital twin technology makes this possible by creating virtual representations of real-world objects, systems, and processes that can be updated with operational data. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026 And there are — there are major Republican policies that can actually stabilize and lower health care costs in this country, provide more access to the people of our country, and that will help makes lives better. — NBC news, 8 Nov. 2026 The department’s firearm investigations team reviews warrants produced under Karina’s law, the statement said, and makes a call about whether there is enough information to move forward or if the weapon could be recovered another way. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026 Srinuan said the episode showed him how far the studio went for realism, and that realism is what makes its universe flexible. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026 Week 9 predictions The Chronicle’s sports staff makes its picks for today’s game. — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2026 Letting the footwear do its thing while the right piece makes room for it. — Alex Sales, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2026 What makes this even more amazing is that, of all the hundreds of high schools on Long Island, Jojo attends the Greenky’s alma mater. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for makes
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  • Lighter and more powerful engine Northstar produces 715,000 pounds-force of thrust, compared with 640,000 pounds-force from the BE-4.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Glass Entertainment produces the series for ABC News Studios, with executive producers including Jon Hirsch and Nancy Glass for Glass Entertainment; David Sloan; and Muriel Pearson for ABC News Studios.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
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  • So fill a surface with words, more words and larger words than are necessary; fill a surface with something—anything—that achieves a minimal degree of individuation as well as commercial persuasion.
    — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The five-phase program will begin with initial criticality, the point at which a reactor achieves a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • Their activity creates a growing stream of branch updates, code reviews, merges, and repository downloads.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Proposition 40 creates a one-time, 5% tax on Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
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  • Yamazaki discussed the film and why bringing one of his favorite kaiju, King Ghidorah, to the big screen in this installment fulfills a childhood dream.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The payment fulfills a key condition attached to the royal pardon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
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  • The order blocks the government from removing additional trees and compels advance notice before the government irreversibly alters more of the course.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Penny’s passion compels her – unbeknownst to her controlling husband James – to get a job on the Network, filling a vacancy while co-host Cybil (Mann) is off work.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026
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  • Furthermore, the institute estimates that a 5% reduction could save roughly one metric ton of fuel per day on a tanker of this size.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) estimates that a 22% cut would cost a typical dual-income couple retiring in 2033 about $16,900 a year.
    — Lena Borrelli, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
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  • Working with her frequent collaborator Evan Wright, McDoom builds her arrangements from nylon-string guitar and voice.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
  • And that number is bound to rise in the coming years, as humanity builds out more and more megaconstellations in Earth orbit.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
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  • But snakes gonna slither, so Vance (who, to be fair, was never that into this war) is using the moment to subtly blame Hegseth, and the blow seems to have landed, with his party, and with his boss.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Enninful seems to have gone out of his way to choose bad works.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Makes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/makes. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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