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make sense

VERB
click
Synonyms
STRONGEST
get on
STRONG
go match succeed
WEAK
be compatible be on same wavelength become clear come off feel a rapport go off well go over hit it off make a hit meet with approval pan out prove out take to each other
VERB
cohere
Synonyms
STRONG
accord check comport conform correspond dovetail go harmonize hold relate square
WEAK
be connected be consistent check out fit in hang together hold water
Antonyms
STRONG
differ disagree fight mismatch refuse stop
WEAK
dispute divide fall off not conform separate

Example Sentences

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Because it does not make sense as a wealth-building exercise.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Americans are looking to make sense of it all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"Any mention of transfusions brings me back to being that frightened child, sitting alone in my room, trying to make sense of a choice that felt impossible," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Now more than ever, we need books such as “In the Fields of Fatherless Children,” to help us make sense of, and right, our upside-down world.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

No, the assumptions about Willa’s death—they don’t make sense.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin