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In the process of developing or growing, being made, as in The editor believed this election signified history in the making. This term is frequently used to describe the course of events, as in the example. [Mid-1600s]

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Words nearby in the making

in the limelight, in the long run, in the loop, in the lurch, in the main, in the making, in the market for, in the middle of, in the midst, in the money, in the mood
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Words related to in the making

prepared, bare, incomplete, unadorned, undeveloped, unfulfilled, outlined, programmed, prospective, amateurish, crude, cut short, dabbling, defective, deficient, dilettante, faulty, formless, fragmentary, half-baked

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