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as in transforming
to change in form, appearance, or use
the old factory was completely made over and is now an upscale shopping center
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as in ceding
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
made the deed over to his daughter
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as in remodeling
to make different in some way
just got up one day and decided to make over her hairstyle and her appearance in general
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Recent Examples of making over
For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.
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Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
When Harry Met Sally was a critical and commercial success, making over $90 million.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Anyone making over that amount pays no additional tax.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
More than a decade later, the company has scaled to making over $300 million in lifetime revenue—proving just how success can come from unlikely ventures.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
Murillo of Nottingham Forest topped the league for clearances made in 24/25 with 249, with only six other players making over 200.
—James Nalton, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Managers, truck drivers, and sales workers also had a hefty portion of non-bachelor degree-holding workers making over $100,000.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Pino has spent his entire senior career with Villarreal, making over 150 appearances for the La Liga club since his debut in 2020.
—David Ornstein, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
And while people making over $100,000 are the most likely Americans to drink, many fewer of them are doing it in 2025 than in 2023—a drop from 79 percent to 66 percent.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2025
Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
When Harry Met Sally was a critical and commercial success, making over $90 million.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Anyone making over that amount pays no additional tax.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
More than a decade later, the company has scaled to making over $300 million in lifetime revenue—proving just how success can come from unlikely ventures.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
Murillo of Nottingham Forest topped the league for clearances made in 24/25 with 249, with only six other players making over 200.
—James Nalton, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Managers, truck drivers, and sales workers also had a hefty portion of non-bachelor degree-holding workers making over $100,000.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Pino has spent his entire senior career with Villarreal, making over 150 appearances for the La Liga club since his debut in 2020.
—David Ornstein, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
And while people making over $100,000 are the most likely Americans to drink, many fewer of them are doing it in 2025 than in 2023—a drop from 79 percent to 66 percent.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for making over
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Like many Middle Eastern nations, its wealth is rooted in fossil fuel extraction, which makes up 86 percent of its exports, transforming it from a modest pearl-diving economy into a leading petrostate ready to pour cash just about anywhere that might buy influence.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The sun ducks down and sets Conejo Mountain against warm pinks and purples, transforming the ridgeline into an epic silhouette.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Now, Middleton has returned to public duties and ceding the spotlight is apparently been hard for Queen Camilla.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
18 Oct. 2025
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Duffy has repeatedly pushed back against doubts that the United States could be ceding ground in the new space race.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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Kelly Emerson, senior designer at Aidan Design in Silver Spring, Maryland, finds that this reads early 2000s, and Dallen Russell, remodeling advisor at InSite Builders & Remodeling in Bethesda, Maryland, agrees.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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The program, which is estimated to initially cost the brand about $1 billion, involves remodeling more than 1,000 Starbucks locations in the US and Canada over the next year along with closing more than 400 in the last three months.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Antoine Semenyo’s finish did come as part of a counter-attacking sequence, but the 25-year-old was able to get across Robertson too easily before converting first time from a David Brooks cross from the left flank.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The 49ers trailed 7-3 at the time, with the Bucs converting an early Mac Jones interception into a short-field score by White on a 2-yard run.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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In June, representatives for the county’s immigration hotline told the Alameda County For All committee about the limitations of the organization in responding to the rapidly changing needs of the county’s immigrants.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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But with the upheaval in amateurism and conference realignment, the old NCAA bureaucracy has been changing.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Another new law, SB312, implements a requirement that dogs imported into the state for the purpose of selling or transferring ownership have a health certification completed by a veterinarian dated no more than ten days prior to arrival in California.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Murphy passed for 5,436 yards and 85 TDs at Austin Regents during his freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Liberty Christian to begin the 2024 season.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
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The researchers plan to address the light sensitivity issue by modifying how the vitamin interacts with the electrolyte and by improving the engineering of the flow cell itself.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Running shoe companies must abandon the practice of designing women’s footwear by simply modifying men’s shoes into smaller sizes and brighter colors, according to new research published in the journal .—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Three years at the symphony Starting on his first day, July 27, 2020, Jones’ responsibilities included assigning parts to musicians, managing instruments, arranging production with stage crews and leading the percussion section’s performance.—
Matti Gellman,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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In 1964, the National Police Board, together with the Swedish Police Association, launched a trial assigning women to special tasks, once again limiting their work to investigative, reconnaissance, and security patrol duties, without participation in regular uniformed service.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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