make (something) known
idiom
formal
: to tell people (something)
She made her decision known to the staff.
Examples of make (something) known in a Sentence
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And as people who seek to avoid loud or unruly children make known their preferences for childfree restaurants, grocery stores and flights, more businesses are catering to them.
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Dozens of voters gathered outside Timberline High School in Southeast Boise on Thursday, ready to check in and make known their pick for president before the November election.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 24 May 2024
It is done in a way that calls attention to make something known.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
Yet here in Bisi, Leigh relinquishes the warm embrace of the mammy’s arms as if to make known that any care rendered from this figure is an act of taking without consent.
—Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
Lawmakers later passed a bipartisan bill that would make known drug possession and public drug use a gross misdemeanor, with offenders being punished with up to 364 days in jail.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2023
Residents at Arden Villas have not hesitated to make known their frustration with the apartment complex’s management.
—al, 3 Oct. 2021
Many wanted to make known their own experiences and those of others.
—Justine Van Der Leun, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2020
Random passers-by, some in vehicles, others on foot, often make known their disapproval of Mr. Henry’s work — so often, in fact, that Mr. Henry, who is Black, began to keep count of the many times he or a Black crew member were called an incendiary racial slur.
—New York Times, 17 Apr. 2022
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Dozens of voters gathered outside Timberline High School in Southeast Boise on Thursday, ready to check in and make known their pick for president before the November election.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 24 May 2024
It is done in a way that calls attention to make something known.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
Yet here in Bisi, Leigh relinquishes the warm embrace of the mammy’s arms as if to make known that any care rendered from this figure is an act of taking without consent.
—Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
Lawmakers later passed a bipartisan bill that would make known drug possession and public drug use a gross misdemeanor, with offenders being punished with up to 364 days in jail.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2023
Residents at Arden Villas have not hesitated to make known their frustration with the apartment complex’s management.
—al, 3 Oct. 2021
Many wanted to make known their own experiences and those of others.
—Justine Van Der Leun, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2020
Random passers-by, some in vehicles, others on foot, often make known their disapproval of Mr. Henry’s work — so often, in fact, that Mr. Henry, who is Black, began to keep count of the many times he or a Black crew member were called an incendiary racial slur.
—New York Times, 17 Apr. 2022
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“Make (something) known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20%28something%29%20known. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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