How to Use make up to (someone) in a Sentence

make up to (someone)

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  • And the new Bev can make up to 250 drinks on a single charge.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2023
  • This machine can make up to 29 pounds of ice per day and its bin holds 25 pounds of ice.
    Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2023
  • He is bound to make up to $119 million through that season.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The covid pay would be based on how many on-site days employees worked, with staffers being able to make up to $2,700.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The Treasury will make up to $25 billion available as a credit-risk backstop to the Fed.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • On busy weekends, YSA uses the Defender to make up to 14 trips per day.
    Outside Online, 19 July 2024
  • Their wings make up to seventy edits to the air per second.
    Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Additionally, the disk has enough mass to make up to three satellites the size of the moon, which has a radius of about 1,080 miles.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 23 July 2021
  • The ice machine can make up to nine cubes in only eight minutes, and can generate up to 26 pounds of ice in just one day.
    Amber Joglar, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The company can make up to 5,000 convertibles each year, said Moran.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022
  • In a typical day, one skilled lock artisan can make up to 40 locks.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
  • With the farm, the widow and mother of four could make up to 6 million rupiah (around $386) in one month from her year-round harvests.
    Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 8 Dec. 2023
  • While there’s no official charging time listed, the brand does claim the chainsaw can make up to 70 cuts with a single charge.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2024
  • Delight the margarita drinker in your life with this infusion kit that can make up to 8 - 10 cocktails.
    Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Guests can make up to three advance Lightning Lane Multi Pass selections for each day of their trip.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • Portland is about three inches behind, and Salem has just three-quarters of an inch of rain to make up to reach its year-to-date average.
    oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2021
  • For your favorite whiskey drinker, these silicone trays make up to 12 oversized square and spherical ice cubes to pop in his glass.
    Sam Peters, ELLE, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Some stores make up to half of their yearly sales during the holiday period.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Simply combine your coffee, sugar and water in the container to make up to three cups.
    Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Corey Seager is second among shortstops and, after missing a month with injury, has a lot of room to make up to try to catch Toronto’s Bo Bichette.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
  • With this contract, Cousins is guaranteed $25 million, but could make up to $80 million.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 18 July 2023
  • Garoppolo is set to earn a base salary of $6.5 million, but the former second-round pick could make up to $16 million with incentives.
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022
  • This electric kettle can boil water in three to seven minutes, and can make up to seven cups of boiling water.
    Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2022
  • These rebates are available to households that make up to 150% of their local area median income.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • To qualify, Arizona homeowners can make up to 150% of an area’s median income, so the aid will be available to many.
    Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021
  • It’s even equipped with the brand’s QuickIcePro technology, which can make up to 40 glasses of ice per day.
    Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Today women make up to 83% of purchasing decisions in households across the U.S.
    Erin Fabio, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • That figure assumes that the state would not expand its Medicaid program to cover people who make up to 138% of the poverty threshold.
    Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Moderna in October announced a deal to make up to 110 million doses of its vaccine available to the African Union, which didn’t respond to a request for comment.
    James Paton, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Shohei Ohtani’s unique contract presents an equally unprecedented business opportunity for the Dodgers to make up to $1 billion over the next decade.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024

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