making over

present participle of make over
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of making over 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for making over
Verb
  • Accessibility features added to Apple’s AirPods are transforming the popular headphones into hearing aids, Greengart said.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • This bill can be the start of transforming the framework of healthcare, for the better or worse.
    — Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That war of wills ended with the Emirates ceding control of Bab el-Mandeb — along with the nearby island of Perim, where the Emirates had built a drone airbase — to Saudi Arabia.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • For founder-CEOs, ceding authority can be especially challenging.
    — Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business Review, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Throughout the program’s 11 years, students have worked on four houses, remodeling two and building two from scratch in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Typically, McDonald's chips in some support for franchisees who are remodeling their restaurants.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The proposition is to connect China’s factories with its creator economy; Black Lake’s agents bridge the gap by converting ideas into designs, a 3D simulation, and industrial data sent to a factory.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually, the interior fell largely vacant and the exterior acquired a second skin of billboards, effectively converting it into a scaffolding for ads.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • An event can therefore become less about transferring information and more about creating the conditions where useful decisions and relationships develop.
    — Bankim Chandra, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • McCullar, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound native of San Antonio, Texas, played during the 2022-23 and ’23-24 seasons at KU after transferring from Texas Tech, then was selected by Phoenix with the 56th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The revival of physical media and the skyrocketing value of elaborate consumer experiences is very real and emerging as an antidote to fears that AI is changing everything.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • As Hollywood’s traditional career paths shift under social media and AI, mentors also offer stage time and practical support for young comics navigating a fast-changing creator economy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Think about what the AI will need to disclose before assigning the call.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Matter is never worthless, but assigning it a price does not necessarily make its environmental and social costs disappear.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Organizations spend more time finding and reconciling data, modifying integrations and redesigning controls, steadily increasing the cost of change.
    — Ann Blakely, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The City Council had delayed modifying the ordinance until months after Hoobler resigned despite popular public support.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Making over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/making%20over. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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