in the making
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: in the process of being made
The film was three years in the making.
She has a talent for spotting problems in the making.
We were watching history in the making.
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Featuring 270 works, including 160 never before seen, this exhibition that was two years in the making invites audiences on a multi-sensory journey that mixes sculpture, painting, scent, light, sound, dance and poetry into a lyrical universe shaped by love and transformation.
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
The decision has been decades in the making with the decline in the volume of grain that transits through the Superior terminal, said John Griffith, senior vice president of global grain marketing for CHS.
—Shelley Nelson, Twin Cities, 12 July 2025
Brent Trayce Sands, creator of Impound Comics, helped write the book and said that the final product has been long in the making.
—Olivia Cyrus
july 12, Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
On June 23, 2025, Tony Tyson joined a presentation in Washington, D.C., to unveil an image almost 30 years in the making: 10 million galaxies poised on an inky black backdrop.
—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2025
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
The decision has been decades in the making with the decline in the volume of grain that transits through the Superior terminal, said John Griffith, senior vice president of global grain marketing for CHS.
—Shelley Nelson, Twin Cities, 12 July 2025
Brent Trayce Sands, creator of Impound Comics, helped write the book and said that the final product has been long in the making.
—Olivia Cyrus
july 12, Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
On June 23, 2025, Tony Tyson joined a presentation in Washington, D.C., to unveil an image almost 30 years in the making: 10 million galaxies poised on an inky black backdrop.
—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2025
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