in the making

1. 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]

Example Sentences

The controversy has been months in the making - tensions between management and parents at the kindergarten centre, about half an hour north of Brisbane, have been steadily brewing this year.

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The deal, which has been two decades in the making, will pave the way for international waters to be placed into marine protected areas.

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It's not only the impact on models Gandy is concerned about, but also on those involved in the making of fashion imagery - including photographers.

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One Battle After Another, the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, has been 20 years in the making, according to its filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.

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This was never a bout long in the making - the pair had operated in different weight classes - but the scale of Alvarez's commercial power and Crawford's immaculate record elevated it into a genuine super-fight.

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Related Words

• bare 
• incomplete 
• unadorned 
• undeveloped 
• unfulfilled