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as in comprising
to be all the substance of
the book is made up of 20 chapters
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as in devising
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project
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as in building
to form by putting together parts or materials
we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked "some assembly required"
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Recent Examples of making up
Medicaid now covers families making up to 138% of the federal poverty level.
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Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
25 June 2026
Congress has to keep making up the gap with general taxpayer funds.
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Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
28 May 2026
The timing of the hearing, coming less than three weeks before the primary election, throws a spotlight on the scandal just as voters are making up their minds.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
So far this year through April 19, 29 of the city’s 201 shooting victims have been under 18 making up 14% of the victims, according to the NYPD.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
Businesses run by women are beginning to dominate the state’s economy, making up 40% statewide.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
San Francisco, for instance, now offers interest-free loans of up to $500,000 to first-time homebuyers making up to $218,200 annually.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
19 Mar. 2026
These are the plants that are making up my diet during my winter in Florida.
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Robin Greenfield,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
Barnes noted that the team's computer simulations were limited by the number and sizes of the particles making up the clouds of pebbles that went on to form planetesimals.
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Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
25 June 2026
Congress has to keep making up the gap with general taxpayer funds.
—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
28 May 2026
The timing of the hearing, coming less than three weeks before the primary election, throws a spotlight on the scandal just as voters are making up their minds.
—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
So far this year through April 19, 29 of the city’s 201 shooting victims have been under 18 making up 14% of the victims, according to the NYPD.
—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
Businesses run by women are beginning to dominate the state’s economy, making up 40% statewide.
—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
San Francisco, for instance, now offers interest-free loans of up to $500,000 to first-time homebuyers making up to $218,200 annually.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
19 Mar. 2026
These are the plants that are making up my diet during my winter in Florida.
—
Robin Greenfield,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
Barnes noted that the team's computer simulations were limited by the number and sizes of the particles making up the clouds of pebbles that went on to form planetesimals.
—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for making up
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Children face disproportionately high fatality rates, comprising over 25% of deaths from 15% of cases, and 135 have been orphaned.
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The United Nations humanitarian affairs agency said Saturday that a total of 44 international urban search and rescue teams, comprising 2,245 specialists and 140 search dogs, had been deployed to Venezuela.
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However, Solskjaer had spent that off-season devising how United would play with Sancho in an attacking unit alongside Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial and Dan James, with the likes of Bruno Fernandes just behind.
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States are getting creative in devising how the money will be collected either through taxation or voluntary donations by state residents.
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Comcast also recognized value in theme parks and invested heavily, building Universal Studios as a formidable rival to Disney.
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As aides at the Capitol were actively building a stage for the celebratory event, meant to communicate a big cost-of-living win to voters, the president abruptly canceled it.
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Additionally, last year’s Oscar winner for Best Original Score, Ludwig Göransson, will be composing The Odyssey.
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In a nod to the maestro for which the dish is named, Bottura says that pairing with Sauternes is like composing music.
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And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later.
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According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.
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Gord Lambert ran this dynamic explicitly while constructing Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA).
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Amazon’s approach in the fiercely competitive AI arena encompasses more than just simple purchases; the firm is constructing the vital infrastructure.
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Join the team inventing impactful AI solutions to shape the future of finance.
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But the administration went further, inventing a requirement that Congress did not intend.
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Erika Bahr, founder and CEO of Daxe, had spent over a year assembling this coalition, intentionally collapsing the walls between every stakeholder in women’s economic participation into a single room.
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This unique telescope is using the world’s largest digital camera to scan the entire southern sky every few nights, assembling what will become the most lavishly detailed time-lapse of the cosmos humanity has ever envisioned.
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