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as in synthetic
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
man-made diamonds that were really just glass
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as in artificial
produced by humans rather than natural processes
the houses in the new development are built around a man-made lake
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Recent Examples of man-made
The Snow Zone at Kentucky Kingdom includes Blizzard Bluff a 175-foot-long, eight-lane snow tubing hill featuring real (man-made) snow.
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Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for man-made
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They are typically made of heat-trapping, waterproof materials such as vinyl, nylon, or neoprene, a synthetic rubber.Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
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The term entered English usage shortly after, referring both to the color and the synthetic dye.Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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And the by-far-most-common polymer used to make artificial trees is PVC, polyvinyl chloride, which is a particularly toxic form of plastic that's toxic in production, use and disposal.Alina Hartounian, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024
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Home savings include an electric blanket, furniture from Drew Barrymore’s Beautiful collection, and artificial Christmas trees.Rachel Trujillo, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
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The database would identify rogue doctors, pill mills and faux patients who were oxy-shopping.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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And, of course, there’s a very generous faux fur lining to keep feet warm and cozy.Chaunie Brusie, RN, Parents, 29 Nov. 2024
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The researchers got a simulated robot arm to do unsafe things like knocking items off a table or throwing them by describing actions in ways that the LLM did not recognize as harmful and reject.Will Knight, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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These networks were trained with both simulated and real-world data, taken in 22 rooms of varied sizes and sound-absorbing qualitieswith different combinations of human subjects.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
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The agency must also root out fake art that’s illegally marked as made by an Indian artist.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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For spooky season, Cuoco and Pelphrey hilariously dressed up as each other, with the actress wearing a blue NFL jersey, fake beard and baseball cap, as Matilda sported a rainbow unicorn costume.Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Man-made.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/man-made. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.
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