often makings plural
the basic elements from which something can be developed
she has all the makings of an excellent leader, but she needs some experience first
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Noun
Navarrette is fresh off a potentially star-making turn in the surprise critical and commercial hit Obsession.—
Terrence O'Brien,
The Verge,
15 Aug. 2026 With a flight duration of up to 70 minutes, the operator has sufficient time for reconnaissance, target selection and decision making for the attack, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Aug. 2026
Verb
The Cubs have been relentless against lefties this season, and that pressure continued Wednesday with lefty Jackson Kent, a Lake Park graduate from Hanover Park, making his major-league debut for the Nationals.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2026 Her artistic work extends into visual illustration and fashion, with her tattoos and styling choices making her a distinctively individual presence in the group's lineup.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for making
Despite a recent controversy regarding his comments about Dodgers fans, Crow-Armstrong's dynamic play and the potential for a new MVP face could sway voters over Ohtani's two-way dominance.
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Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2026
But the climate pattern is just bringing the potential for more snow.
After remaining at -13°F for 168 hours, the hydrogel continued producing repeatable electrical signals when exposed to movements such as finger bending and fingertip pressing.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Aug. 2026
Although far from perfect, AI systems are getting much better at producing clean, reliable code.
In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, select images from Intimate Audrey offer a closer look at the star’s life outside the spotlight, from her childhood to tender moments with her own family after achieving superstardom.
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Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
15 Aug. 2026
So achieving old-fashioned summertime bliss is, and perhaps always has been, mostly a matter of privilege.
The design team for Viva is the same one creating Rams Village just a block away, which will feature the team's headquarters, training facility and more residential living on the 52-acre site.
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Hunter Sowards,
CBS News,
19 Aug. 2026
Long-term Treasury yields rose to their highest point since 2007, creating another headwind for the economy and lifting borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
Fast-forward three years and Suzuki is on the verge of fulfilling that ambition at Villa, after starring for his country at this summer’s World Cup.
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Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2026
By extension, responding from this awareness may even help survivors understand their own reactions and experiences, which may ultimately aid their healing and ability to lead fulfilling lives.
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Michele Patterson Ford,
The Conversation,
19 Aug. 2026
While research falls short on estimating how many faces a person sees in a day in 2026, researchers estimated a decade ago that 95 million photos and videos were posted to Instagram each day.
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Nicole Karlis,
Allure,
14 Aug. 2026
Its retirement toolkit includes calculators for estimating monthly retirement income, comparing the tax impact of different withdrawal strategies and evaluating Roth conversions.
Better access began not with constructing another clinic or hiring an entirely new workforce, but with examining how existing capacity was used.
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Eugene Litvak,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 2026
Isolating each peak required constructing a very specific function that, when multiplied by the original fractal-like function, would pull out just the peak and be close to zero everywhere else.
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