How to Use in the making in a Sentence

in the making

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  • The aforementioned Heathers firestorm was years in the making.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • That academic foundation helped formalize an effort years in the making.
    — Kamal Morgan. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
  • Tuesday night's explosion from Contreras had actually been 24 hours in the making.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Being a thoughtful American in 2026 has become an art form unto itself — a balancing act two-and-a-half centuries in the making.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Celebrations months in the making had to adjust or cancel activities entirely as much of the East Coast sweltered under heat that approached and in many cases surpassed triple digits.
    — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • View gallery - 8 images Six years in the making, Shanghai Grand Opera House – one of China's most ambitious cultural builds – is opening its doors.
    — New Atlas, 5 July 2026
  • Nearly a year in the making, the necklace is a contemporary diamond rivière, with 500 white diamonds set into a v-line collar finished with the Okavango Blue.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Organizers of celebrations months in the making had to adjust or cancel activities entirely as much of the East Coast sweltered under heat that approached and in many cases surpassed triple digits.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Built by Boston Dynamics, its appearance at the World Cup—in front of 80,000 people in the stadium and a global television audience—was a process five years in the making.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • This unexpected victory, a decade in the making, marks a significant creative pivot for WWE, which had originally planned Zayn's title win for WrestleMania 43.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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