- present participle of make.
making
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France's parliament has approved a law to ban social media for under-15s from January 2027, making it the first European country to block young people from the platforms.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos struck a similar note when presenting the company's results in mid-July: "We're making higher quality output more quickly and efficiently than we could have using traditional methods."
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
After entering a cell, the virus releases RNA containing the instructions for making a small set of viral proteins.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
I enjoy looking out my window and making the same comment I have made for 40 years to my wife: “Don’t that look pretty.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
He was making a living with his traveling puppet show and the monkey fortuneteller.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Serve it with warm corn tortillas, diced onion, cilantro and a flavorful salsa, and you have the makings of an outdoor taco night that largely takes care of itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
"We realised we had a drummer and a few different players. Once we started meeting regularly, we realised we had the makings of a band."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
“We perhaps have the makings of a deal here,” Bessent said from the White House, noting both sides have been swapping proposals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declined to confirm any agreement but said that "we perhaps have the makings of a deal here."
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
When she found that he knew nothing, and yet had spellbound the goats to come to him and follow him, then she saw that he must have in him the makings of power.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin