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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
Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, white voters make up a majority of one-race voters in the 5th District.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
To help ensure everything felt real, department head makeup artist Myriam Arougheti turned to reference photos — but her biggest resource was a medical training website for student doctors.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The working-age population, defined as between 15 to 64, made up only 59% of the population in Japan last year – far lower than the global average of 65%, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, white voters make up a majority of one-race voters in the 5th District.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
However, that effort failed after lawmakers reached a compromise that maintained the current 6-2 makeup.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
To help ensure everything felt real, department head makeup artist Myriam Arougheti turned to reference photos — but her biggest resource was a medical training website for student doctors.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for make up
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The Academy Foundation Board comprises 12 trustees who also are members of the Academy Board of Governors.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Costa Navarino comprises four hotels: The Romanos, a Luxury Collection Resort, The Westin Resort Costa Navarino, W Costa Navarino, and Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The next step typically undertaken is to employ a make-or-break test when aiming to devise a generalizable model.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Use them to devise your own words of inspiration for life's bigger moments — and smaller ones too.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
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Final group of 9 schools have spaces where students could move if needed The final group of nine schools scheduled for lead work this summer all have additions built after 1978, or areas without lead concerns that could be used for classes if the district falls behind schedule.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Toyota also announced Thursday a plan to build a new vehicle factory in Japan, where car sales have been falling due to a shrinking population and declining ownership.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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That is the title of a striking piece of artwork hung high above the London skyline, depicting a brooding photograph of Mikel Arteta marking out something that looked like stream-of-consciousness ideas in black paint.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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So why not jump aboard the latest paint color craze for an overhaul that’s perfectly on trend?—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Sure, the work on NANDA takes place in the context of other protocols like A2A and, famously, MCP, but since those other projects are tied to leading AI companies, why not involve academia in something so central to future interface design?—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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For the Durango, customers can choose from a variety of six custom wheels, four colors for brake calipers, six exterior colors, six badge colors, five stripe designs, five interior seat colors and four seat belt colors.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow composed the music for the film.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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But in California, where three-quarters of the state legislature is Democratic, an independent commission composed of equal numbers of Democrats, Republicans, and independents is tasked with redistricting—a shift supported overwhelmingly by California voters in 2010.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
12 Aug. 2025
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The preview also shows West concocting his Sunday Service before delving down his own rabbit hole.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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However, when he is left near death due to a plot concocted by his former friend Mal, the two are thrown back into each other’s orbit, according to a synopsis of the book.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The design of the bag is constructed in a maze-like pattern, and the bottom is wide, so there’s more room to pack your items next to each other instead of on top of one another.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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For the spring 2024 show, Lauren constructed an artist’s loft in a barn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, reminiscent of his Double RL Ranch.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Make up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20up. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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