make of

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In a concurring opinion, Gorsuch stated the stakes more plainly by posing a rhetorical question: If the president’s argument was given credence, then “what do we make of the Constitution’s text?”

From Salon

“I just know that, being 33 now, I don’t have to hurry up and get here, and be ready to play from day one. So, I can just kind of embrace that. Not everybody’s blessed to have that, so being that I am one of the ones that’s blessed with that, I’ll see what I can make of it.”

From Los Angeles Times

Jonah wasn’t sure what to make of Angela’s story either, but he wasn’t going to tell her that.

From Literature

For one, it's hard to know what Chinese people make of so many things because all public conversation and activity is heavily policed.

From BBC

So what did people make of this?

From BBC