makeup

Example Sentences

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The star is actually about 5 billion years old, far younger than its chemical makeup would suggest.

From Science Daily

There’s colored contacts and facial prosthetics, a protruding belly and at least an hour of makeup.

From Los Angeles Times

This work allowed the researchers to determine the precise chemical makeup of the six most common types of carbonaceous chondrites and assess whether extracting materials from their parent asteroids could one day be practical.

From Science Daily

“I was never naive to the fact that there would likely be other attempts to change the makeup of the board.”

From Salon

Anderson winning for “One Battle After Another” would not be a “makeup” victory but that rare instance of justice arriving via a career-highlight film.

From Los Angeles Times