making over

present participle of make over
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Recent Examples of making over Sacramento could get under the first apron and tax moving on from DeRozan, but would lack real flexibility without being able to move on from LaVine or Sabonis, the latter of whom is making over $94 million combined over the next two seasons. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026 Even those who have been considered rich for making over $100,000 are resorting to penny-pinching habits. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 June 2026 Among shoppers making over $150,000, adoption rose to just under 13%. Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 1 June 2026 As smaller and mid-sized farms continue to decline, large-scale farms making over $1 million have increased. Mikayla Price, CBS News, 18 May 2026 Those making over $1 million would pay a greater share to increase funding for public services and invest in housing, education and infrastructure. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 For Notre Dame, this is one of the benefits of taking single-digit transfers each cycle as opposed to making over half the roster. Pete Sampson, New York Times, 7 May 2026 And Van Wagoner doesn’t want humans to be forgotten in the rush to automate and turn decision-making over to machines. Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026 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. Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for making over
Verb
  • Inspired by Tintoretto’s Mercury and the Graces, Chan reimagines the Three Graces as abstract forms while transforming Mercury into planetary and sculptural imagery.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Across the country, camp fees have risen sharply, transforming what was once a middle-class rite of passage into a major household expense.
    Melissa Petro, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Nola has surrendered 23 home runs in 20 starts, coughing up multiple homers in five of his last seven turns, and ceding one in one of the outlier contests.
    Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Democrats, on the other hand, have lacked the leadership and political power to deliver solutions, effectively ceding the issue to their political rivals.
    Ken Salazar, Time, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The Fox was taken over by a consortium of filmmakers led by Jason Reitman, who is working on remodeling the venue and has opened it to screenings this summer in advance of the remodeling as the Director’s Village.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 July 2026
  • American is now remodeling cabins across the fleet and taking deliveries of new planes with interiors that feature new amenities and more premium seats.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • The Atlanta City Council voted 11-1 to direct the Department of Aviation to commission a study to look at the possibility of converting to the private security model, Fox 5 Atlanta reported in May.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • The instinct most change-makers follow is to spend their energy converting the hostile 10%.
    Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Rather than transferring the whiskeys into entirely different finishing barrels, toasted pieces of American and French oak are placed into their existing barrels, allowing the whiskey to extract additional flavors from the wood.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • There’s even a tire failure-detection system that helps stabilize the car by transferring torque across the remaining wheels in milliseconds.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • Jeon died in 1962, at which point his son and other relatives took over the collection, eventually changing its name to the Kansong Art Museum in 1966.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
  • View gallery - 4 images The way people use smart devices is changing as AI becomes a bigger part of everyday life.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • But because researchers observed eating habits rather than assigning diets, the study could not prove the MIND diet itself prevented decline.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • While a boss may focus on assigning tasks, meeting deadlines and hitting performance goals, leaders think beyond their to-do lists.
    Alyshia Hull, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • These revisions would scale back restrictions on modifying national landmarks.
    News Desk, Artforum, 22 July 2026
  • The Final Waiver period was held on 7/21/26 with a few picks, mostly by teams upgrading or modifying their bench players.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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“Making over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/making%20over. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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