: manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings
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man-made diamonds that were really just glass
the houses in the new development are built around a man-made lake
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Landsat, the longest-running satellite program dedicated to Earth observation, helps monitor environmental changes, urban growth, drought, wildfires, biomass changes and a host of other natural and man-made trends on a global scale.
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Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The large-scale entry of laboratory grown diamonds over the past three years has caused a collapse in prices for all gems, natural or man-made, especially at the cheaper end of the market.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
By the 1950s, a motel and man-made lake had been added.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Whereas quartz countertops are man-made, granite is a naturally occurring stone, quarried from the earth, then cut and polished into the countertop material so many know and love.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024
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Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The large-scale entry of laboratory grown diamonds over the past three years has caused a collapse in prices for all gems, natural or man-made, especially at the cheaper end of the market.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
By the 1950s, a motel and man-made lake had been added.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Whereas quartz countertops are man-made, granite is a naturally occurring stone, quarried from the earth, then cut and polished into the countertop material so many know and love.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for man-made
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“Man-made.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man-made. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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