man-made
Example Sentences
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Lake Kariba, which straddles the border with Zambia, is one of the world's largest man-made reservoirs, supporting transport and fishing and providing vital hydroelectric power to both countries.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
It is the world's largest man-made lake by volume.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“When you disconnect the stream from its floodplain and put it into a man-made channel, you lose all that habitat complexity, and you start to lose some of those species.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the man-made waterway handles around 40% of U.S. container traffic—amounting to roughly $270 billion annually—according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
I see cornstalks, fields of plants I can’t identify, long stretches where there are no houses or streetlights or anything man-made at all.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
