making over

present participle of make over
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of making over 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for making over
Verb
  • Creating, importing, transforming beauty and goodness into a ritual that never stops.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • That evening, the artist performed one classic after another, donning her best stage outfits and transforming the concert hall into a veritable runway.
    Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Trump, though, has warned of a slowdown in AI development ceding the technological arms race to China.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Its critics typically are those who fear ceding their own traditional advantages to others.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fiddelke is also remodeling Target stores and improving staffing.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Former court jeweler Garrard takes credit for remodeling the tiara in 1937.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The shop, which has been converting EVs since 2009, chose the Model S as the donor vehicle because its components would fit into the Silver Shadow’s undercarriage without much trouble, especially because of the car’s ample ground clearance.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
  • An annuity can provide that type of predictable income by converting a portion of your retirement savings into regular payments.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Finance leaders should periodically compare the cost of transferring risk with the company’s ability to retain and finance portions of it.
    Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Among these moves were Nico Paz joining Como, striker Gonzalo Garcia transferring to Fulham and Victor Munoz’s move to Liverpool from Osasuna, when Madrid owned 50 per cent of his rights.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In its premiere, this was a Korean Cherry Orchard performed in Korean for audiences that needed no primer on its setting, the rapidly changing globalized city where the characters’ home is threatening to disappear.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That started changing in April 2025, when AmaWaterways launched AmaMagdalena, the first luxury cruise ship to navigate the Magdalena.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Regulations under this law require us to complete the investigation prior to assigning any discipline in the manner.
    Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Getting an accurate count of immigrants of various statuses is useful when assigning resources for public health emergencies or natural or human-made disasters.
    Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Rather than excavating and extensively modifying hundreds of unique Minuteman-era facilities, the Air Force is developing a standardized, modular construction approach for the new silos.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
  • There are several types of collars, each one offering a different way of modifying negative or excessive barking.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Making over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/making%20over. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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