making up

present participle of make up
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for making up
Verb
  • January 1, 2025, marked the official arrival of this generation, comprising those born between 2025 and 2039.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Low value components, comprising a fraction of the overall good’s value, were putting a whole manufacturing process at risk.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • He is accused of devising the scheme using a contraband cell phone, from which authorities recovered several recordings of the Brooklyn native detailing the plot.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The usual path to devising generative AI consists of what is known as autoregressive LLMs, while the promising new avenue is referred to as diffusion LLMs (dLLMs).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Jio is building a multibillion-dollar ecosystem in India.
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Knicks outscored the Raptors 40-24 in the second quarter and 31-18 in the third, building a commanding 29-point lead heading into the final period.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Seriously, had our honorable horror maestro taken a terrible tumble while composing the latest Goosebumps book?
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Consider using two hands to steady the monocular or use surrounding objects like fences or walls to lean against while composing your image.
    Matt Morris, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In fact, pretty much everything, from stocking up on cute baby clothes to assembling nursery furniture, feels both ways at the same time.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The facility, historically used for assembling Volkswagen, Porsche and Skoda models, faces an uncertain future amid declining demand and restructuring efforts within Germany's auto industry.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Homan said Monday that sanctuary policies in Boston and Massachusetts were making communities less safe, because of the disconnect between local and federal agencies.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There are genuine questions of fairness about altering the schedule in favour of Champions League teams — particularly in England where there are four sides competing for three top positions — but actively making things harder is something that should be moved away from.
    Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There has been quite a lot of progress lately in inventing brain-computer interfaces (BCI), also known as brain-machine interfaces (BMI).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • All sixth graders from all nine schools in the Encinitas Union School District get to spend a week at the district’s Farm Lab taking part in Salad Wars, inventing their own organic salad dressing and competing against their classmates for the honor of The Golden Fork.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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