MAKES MUCH OF Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

makes much of

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present tense third-person singular of make much of

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to indicate the importance of by centering attention on He made much of the one study that supported his argument.

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Recent Examples of makes much of Instead, Collin makes much of Prussian military aristocrats who feel more disdain than love for Hitler, especially General Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, the military commandant of Paris from 1942 to 1944. — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Instead, the film makes much of Reagan trying to get a visa for the sister of Mstislav Rostropovich, a Soviet musical maestro who had defected to the United States. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

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