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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Recent Examples of making
Noun
That’s why Einstein is so—his theory is just so remarkable, and his imagination is just all-making.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
20 Sep. 2026 In private, the president has been hearing blunt news from advisers about the GOP’s poor chances in the midterms and has accepted that some of the problem is of his making.—
Natalie Allison,
Washington Post,
19 Sep. 2026
Verb
Datskovska regularly reports on trending wellness and home purchases worth making online.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2026 There are vegan options here, but the place is known for grinding their own ground beef on the daily and making their own mayonnaise.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for making
Next up, if the deal closes as expected in a couple weeks, is the plan to start finding those $6 billion in cost synergies between the companies while fulfilling the rules-of-the-road in the consent decree.
Rather than forcing you to adapt to a permanently stitched grid of elastic loops, the M3 utilizes heavy-duty, modular pages.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Sep. 2026
The wars caused massive destruction of religious and civic buildings, mills and mines, housing, crops, herds and transport infrastructure, damaging prosperity and forcing some people to move or starve.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has effectively started a fresh wave of military mobilization, estimating that there are currently more than 8,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory.
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Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2026
The sales veteran said estimating a value of a film, country by country, came down to a mixture of experience and expertise.
For now, the vision involves replacing the aging Indian Creek bridge, rebuilding intersections on either end, and constructing an overpass to carry cars over the Union Pacific tracks on the south bank of the stream.
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Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Sep. 2026
Physicists are nowhere close to constructing a functional theory of this form, much less finding hard evidence that our universe works this way.
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