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to indicate the importance of by centering attention on He made much of the one study that supported his argument.

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Recent Examples of make much of The company has also parted ways with Marriage Story writer-director Noah Baumbach, whose other Netflix projects, like White Noise and Jay Kelly, failed to make much of a splash. — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 Set in Palm Springs, California, and seen on Broadway in 2011, the play probes a rich, powerful, troubled and Reagan-esque West Coast political family and makes much of the metaphor of the arid, infertile desert. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 It's not made much of a difference, with two more crashes this week alone. — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Thomas also worked with Murphy and the rest of the team to make much of the series period-accurate. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for make much of

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