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make a face

Idioms  
  1. Grimace, distort the facial features, as in The teacher told Joan to stop making faces at Mary. This expression was first recorded in 1570.


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Distinctiveness - "That could be something like 'what would make a face stand out in a crowd?' AI faces do tend to cluster towards the average. So they look a bit more generic."

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Almost instantly, you might wince, make a face, or even pull your own hand away.

From Science Daily Dec. 23, 2025

Because they'll say it and they get very excited, and then I make a face like what are you talking about?

From Salon Apr. 8, 2023

If several edges and circles come together to make a face, you don’t care exactly where the face is found in the visual field; you just care that it’s a face.

From New York Times Dec. 14, 2016

I turn my sketchbook around, and this time I do make a face.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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