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
But, collectively, Hollywood Brown, Elijah Moore and Dontayvion Wicks are not consistently making the difference-making plays this system requires.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2026 Four clips from the series guided a conversation about its making, its reputation for being ahead of its time and the television landscape that has changed dramatically since its 2015 premiere.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Aug. 2026
Verb
OpenAI has begun developing their own chips, making the company a potential competitor to Nvidia in some areas.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2026 For about a quarter century, Kentucky distillery Four Roses has been making bourbon using a combination of 10 different recipes, derived from the use of two mashbills and five unique yeast strains.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for making
Finite’s founder, Amy Gardner, has producing credits on the likes of And Then Come the Nightjars, La Bohème, Honeytrap, and My House, and worked on the stage productions of Nuclear Children and The Joy of Text.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 Aug. 2026
Those numbers should prompt serious questions about what is happening in classrooms and whether NYC Reads — the city’s sweeping changes to reading instruction — is producing the results students need.
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Katie Pace Miles,
New York Daily News,
25 Aug. 2026
Andrew Cherng of Panda Restaurant Group and Kitty Lo of Manhattan Hotel Group, both immigrants, exemplify achieving this dream by building extraordinary businesses.
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True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2026
The school was bustling with a large, high-achieving and diverse student body.
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Austin Horn
August 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2026
The brand's Hydro Rush line (launched in 2023) gets lots of love from natural hair influencers for fulfilling their hair’s hydration needs without weighing it down.
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Ava Welsing-Kitcher,
Allure,
24 Aug. 2026
Music has a unique ability to bring people together, and knowing this concert can have a meaningful impact beyond the stage is incredibly fulfilling.
Under a local payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, SpaceX will make a $20 million upfront payment and at least $25 million annually for 25 years, with the state estimating more than $820 million in direct local payments under the agreement.
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Joshua Hong,
Fortune,
27 Aug. 2026
The estimating work was performed over just three days and autonomously, meaning ground operators did not participate.
Asante draws a manufacturing analogy—with some exaggeration—arguing that previous nuclear power plants were built bespoke, akin to constructing an entire factory to produce a single car.
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Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2026
Mendoza, of the Philippine Tennis Association, told me that new public courts are being built around the country, and the government is constructing a new national tennis center.
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