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"I can make out all the letters of the alphabet, even the smallest ones," he marvelled, pointing to his phone screen.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

“And I think what people miss about that is these companies were so cheap relative to what you could make out of them that it didn’t make any difference what oil did,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Gingles, voting rights plaintiffs could successfully make out a Section 2 claim by showing that there was a large and concentrated group of minority voters whose preferred candidates were usually defeated by the white majority.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

From the vantage point of our helicopter above the Alps, you can make out scars and dimples from recent avalanches.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

He’s hidden by darkness, but I can make out his eyes—gray as smoke and catlike.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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