How to Use make up to (someone) in a Sentence

make up to (someone)

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  • And the new Bev can make up to 250 drinks on a single charge.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2023
  • This machine can make up to 29 pounds of ice per day and its bin holds 25 pounds of ice.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2023
  • He is bound to make up to $119 million through that season.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The covid pay would be based on how many on-site days employees worked, with staffers being able to make up to $2,700.
    — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The Treasury will make up to $25 billion available as a credit-risk backstop to the Fed.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Their wings make up to seventy edits to the air per second.
    — Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Additionally, the disk has enough mass to make up to three satellites the size of the moon, which has a radius of about 1,080 miles.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 23 July 2021
  • The ice machine can make up to nine cubes in only eight minutes, and can generate up to 26 pounds of ice in just one day.
    — Amber Joglar, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The company can make up to 5,000 convertibles each year, said Moran.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022
  • In a typical day, one skilled lock artisan can make up to 40 locks.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
  • With the farm, the widow and mother of four could make up to 6 million rupiah (around $386) in one month from her year-round harvests.
    — Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Delight the margarita drinker in your life with this infusion kit that can make up to 8 - 10 cocktails.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Portland is about three inches behind, and Salem has just three-quarters of an inch of rain to make up to reach its year-to-date average.
    — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2021
  • For your favorite whiskey drinker, these silicone trays make up to 12 oversized square and spherical ice cubes to pop in his glass.
    — Sam Peters, ELLE, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Some stores make up to half of their yearly sales during the holiday period.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Simply combine your coffee, sugar and water in the container to make up to three cups.
    — Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Corey Seager is second among shortstops and, after missing a month with injury, has a lot of room to make up to try to catch Toronto’s Bo Bichette.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
  • With this contract, Cousins is guaranteed $25 million, but could make up to $80 million.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 18 July 2023
  • Garoppolo is set to earn a base salary of $6.5 million, but the former second-round pick could make up to $16 million with incentives.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022
  • This electric kettle can boil water in three to seven minutes, and can make up to seven cups of boiling water.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2022
  • These rebates are available to households that make up to 150% of their local area median income.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • To qualify, Arizona homeowners can make up to 150% of an area’s median income, so the aid will be available to many.
    — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021
  • It’s even equipped with the brand’s QuickIcePro technology, which can make up to 40 glasses of ice per day.
    — Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Today women make up to 83% of purchasing decisions in households across the U.S.
    — Erin Fabio, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • That figure assumes that the state would not expand its Medicaid program to cover people who make up to 138% of the poverty threshold.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Moderna in October announced a deal to make up to 110 million doses of its vaccine available to the African Union, which didn’t respond to a request for comment.
    — James Paton, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Shohei Ohtani’s unique contract presents an equally unprecedented business opportunity for the Dodgers to make up to $1 billion over the next decade.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The government could make up to $11 billion in loans available as well, plus a federal investment tax credit of up to 25% of certain expenses.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
  • All housekeepers at the university will soon be able to make up to $28.68 per hour, per a new five-year contract negotiated last summer.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Who qualifies? Oakland County residents who make up to 300% of the federal poverty level are eligible for the program.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2024

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