making over

present participle of make over
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of making over And in an office building near the county courthouse, Mana is making over existing legal offices and has plans to open a membership club for attorneys next door. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 Murphy’s Tai is a transfer student who Cher decides to mentor, making over her life. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026 The new owners have begun making over the building, starting with the lobby. — Zak Spector, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 The Army is trying to reverse that reputation by making over a select number of dining halls with tasty, nutritious meals. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for making over
Verb
  • Oil prices fell on positive comments from Washington and Tehran over talks to end their war, though Gulf nations remained glum and analysts voiced caution over rhetoric transforming into reality.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Google’s push into generative AI is transforming search in a way that many people don’t like.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Kyiv has rejected ceding sovereign territory and insists that any agreement include enforceable security guarantees against another Russian attack.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Democrats were ceding ground on immigration and deeply divided on Israel’s war in Gaza.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Nearby, Mana is remodeling an office building that will become the Nikola Tesla Innovation Hub, which will have office space for tech companies.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The star snagged the property for just $57,000 and found great joy in repeatedly remodeling it during her time there.
    — Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Its opening step requires two protons to combine, with one converting into a neutron through the weak nuclear interaction.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • But smart operators are converting the negative energy of that word into an opportunity to build trust with their residents.
    — Anthony Paganucci, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • By reducing delays in transferring and interpreting images, researchers estimate CLARKE could help emergency managers make decisions roughly a day earlier.
    — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In return, Russia has reportedly supplied North Korea with air defenses and electronic warfare capabilities and is considering transferring even more advanced military technology.
    — Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The laser pulses generated strong, rapidly changing electric fields that accelerated electrons through graphene’s electronic energy structure.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The only thing certain now is volatility, with rosters changing by the week, even the day, at the bang of a judge’s gavel.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Not just assigning routine work but actually delegating critical tasks.
    — Volen Vulkov, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The question of what constitutes an official announcement is resolved by the SEC declaring a company's S-1 effective, an IPO pricing or an exchange assigning a ticker to the stock.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Further, modifying the nanoparticle sizes, ligand chain lengths, or overall electrical charges allows full control over the resulting material.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
  • For most people, manually modifying system firmware introduces additional risks.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Making over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/making%20over. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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