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as in contained
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in composed
to be all the substance of
at the time, about 100,000 fighting men and women comprised our military force in that country
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Recent Examples of comprised
For one thing, the Season 3 premiere would have made more sense as a finale, wrapping up all the build-up and political maneuvering that comprised so much of the previous season with some actual payoff.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Thankfully for their fans, who comprised about 90 per cent of the attendance, Modric switched into defensive-masterclass mode.
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Matt Slater,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
In 2024, according to Space Foundation estimates, the commercial space products and services industry comprised well over half of the economy’s total value, a shift largely attributed to the enhancement and expansion of satellite technology.
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Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
There’s an ever-growing cottage industry of restoration houses that are focused on celebrating models that comprised the backbone of the stateside market at the latter part of last century.
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Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Those requests would have comprised approvals for payments to various experts to review and interpret evidence, in addition to billable hours filed by his attorneys Anne Taylor, Jay Logsdon and Elisa Massoth.
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Kevin Fixler
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
Fall visits comprised 28% of tourism in 2025, winter visits 22% and spring visits 6%.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The band was comprised of Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist Matt Sweeney, and bassists David Pajo and Paz Lenchantin.
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Jaeden Pinder,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2026
Google employees alone, 323 of them comprised mostly of software engineers and researchers, gave more to Mamdani than workers from any other Partnership member company.
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Thankfully for their fans, who comprised about 90 per cent of the attendance, Modric switched into defensive-masterclass mode.
—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
In 2024, according to Space Foundation estimates, the commercial space products and services industry comprised well over half of the economy’s total value, a shift largely attributed to the enhancement and expansion of satellite technology.
—
Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
There’s an ever-growing cottage industry of restoration houses that are focused on celebrating models that comprised the backbone of the stateside market at the latter part of last century.
—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Those requests would have comprised approvals for payments to various experts to review and interpret evidence, in addition to billable hours filed by his attorneys Anne Taylor, Jay Logsdon and Elisa Massoth.
—
Kevin Fixler
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
Fall visits comprised 28% of tourism in 2025, winter visits 22% and spring visits 6%.
—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The band was comprised of Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist Matt Sweeney, and bassists David Pajo and Paz Lenchantin.
—
Jaeden Pinder,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2026
Google employees alone, 323 of them comprised mostly of software engineers and researchers, gave more to Mamdani than workers from any other Partnership member company.
—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprised
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Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
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Last July, the Reno Police Department in Nevada said in a news release that a truck shipment managed by Ceva Logistics that contained about $15 million in semiconductors and Apple products was stolen.
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The Jury will be composed of 24 students, each of them recommended by professors of film studies from various Italian universities, DAMS, and from Ca’ Foscari University in Venice.
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The administration has also assembled a Disaster Assistance Response Team composed of more than 250 people, including three specialized Urban Search-and-Rescue teams.
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Pinterest, YouTube Kids, and messenger apps like WhatsApp are not included in the ban.
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
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Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
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Then the doctors would bustle out to see their more appealing patients—the cheerily pregnant ones, whose deliveries constituted the bulk of their income and whose babies would be added to the collage of photos decorating their office walls.
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Since the band was formed, the group has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
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This has included an inter-locking network of formal defense alliances, informal agreements, and episodic coalitions of partners formed to counter specific threats.
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“Comprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprised. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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