made-up

“The Odyssey” is a made-up story, and the characters of a made-up story can look however we want them to.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Inside, neatly made-up rooms for visiting priests line warmly lit halls that lead to a chapel where the 400-year-old ritual takes place.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Talarico might as well throw some weird made-up insinuations at Paxton to keep up.

From Slate ● May 30, 2026

You also don’t want an AI-forward lawyer, the type of guy who files a brief with three made-up cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

I knew this was some made-up garbage, I knew the magic powers had decided not to keep the animal alive and Dad had got rid of the body before we woke up.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Rick, who declined to give his last name because he doesn’t want to be hassled for his opinion, has made up his mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

The collective was made up of DJ Krust, DJ Die, producer Roni Size and DJ Suv - from Krust's original band Fresh Four, best-known for the top 10 hit Wishing on a Star, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Many households are made up of families whose members have mixed legal statuses, including some who have lived in the area for generations.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

He made up for this outbreak of separatism by lobbying, before and after the war, to dig the Erie Canal, which would bind the interior and the coast of the country together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

I think she’s trying to gauge if I have made up my mind or not.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold