often makings plural
the basic elements from which something can be developed
she has all the makings of an excellent leader, but she needs some experience first
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Noun
Once the sales process began, rumors swirled around the making and quality of Artificial.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Oct. 2026 The early connections esparza had with Asco resonated deeply in his relationship to art-making.—
Laura Zornosa,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Oct. 2026
Verb
Alfonso expressed an interest in making a comedy and learning from a younger generation of filmmakers.—
Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2026 However, their journey may be influenced by the surrounding solar wind, making precise arrival times difficult to pin down.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for making
After scoring a touchdown and producing 60 total yards (53 receiving, seven rushing) in the first half, Ashley continued to be a mismatch against BYU’s secondary.
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Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Oct. 2026
The keys are nearly silent, and the mouse is similarly quiet, producing little noise when clicking or scrolling.
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2026
Concierge specials such as creating your own gin at a nearby Palma distillery or watching espadrilles being made in Palma’s Olivar market are original diversions.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
Those that don’t risk creating fleets of intelligent systems capable of making very expensive and detrimental mistakes.
The research of Soai, along with that of Kagan, contributed to fulfilling the remaining two criteria, for which the duo received the 2026 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
In August, his wife, Rivka, gave birth to a daughter, fulfilling a promise that Bohbot made to himself in the tunnels to give his 5-year-old son, Reem, a sibling.
Yemen's civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis descended from their northern stronghold, capturing Sanaa and forcing the government to flee into exile in Saudi Arabia.
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AHMED AL-HAJ,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2026
Aubrey Layne, Sentara’s chief administrative officer, said lower payment rates from government programs — and impending cuts to Medicaid — are forcing the hospital to play hardball with the insurers that are representing employers.
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