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as in containing
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in constituting
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 comprising
The classes were small at first, comprising mostly Sharon’s brothers and a few of their friends.
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Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Wikipedia also exists in more than 340 other languages, including Cheyenne, Samoan and Aramaic, comprising almost 10 times the number of articles in English.
—Imogen West-Knights, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
The goal is to open about eight locations in the midterm — including a permanent barber shop in London next year — that can be destination points for its community comprising a local audience of white collars and traveling businessmen averagely aged 30 to 60.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, officers decided to take him forcibly, restraining him in something called the WRAP, a device comprising a locking shoulder harness, leg restraints and ankle straps.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
La Brea Tar Pits is the richest Ice Age fossil site on Earth and a repository of millions of fossils, comprising hundreds of plant and animal species.
—Marianne Love, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
The screening committees, comprising more than 300 experts across various musical genres, meet to ensure that recordings are placed in the proper categories.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
With Latin Americans comprising the largest portion of Charlotte’s immigrant population, the group also has the highest population of noncitizens.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, comprising a selection of 30 stocks, has a history of comfortably outperforming its benchmark, which includes all three indices — the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Wikipedia also exists in more than 340 other languages, including Cheyenne, Samoan and Aramaic, comprising almost 10 times the number of articles in English.
—Imogen West-Knights, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
The goal is to open about eight locations in the midterm — including a permanent barber shop in London next year — that can be destination points for its community comprising a local audience of white collars and traveling businessmen averagely aged 30 to 60.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, officers decided to take him forcibly, restraining him in something called the WRAP, a device comprising a locking shoulder harness, leg restraints and ankle straps.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
La Brea Tar Pits is the richest Ice Age fossil site on Earth and a repository of millions of fossils, comprising hundreds of plant and animal species.
—Marianne Love, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
The screening committees, comprising more than 300 experts across various musical genres, meet to ensure that recordings are placed in the proper categories.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
With Latin Americans comprising the largest portion of Charlotte’s immigrant population, the group also has the highest population of noncitizens.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, comprising a selection of 30 stocks, has a history of comfortably outperforming its benchmark, which includes all three indices — the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprising
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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The National Institutes of Health reports that oregano oil repels bedbugs more effectively than commercial insecticides containing DEET.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The 2025 New York City Marathon had a record 59,226 participants, nearly 11,000 of which were 25- to 29-year-olds, constituting the largest cohort of runners at nearly 25%.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Difficulty breathing, seizures, excessive bleeding, shock, poisoning, heatstroke and snake bites are some of the more obvious situations constituting an emergency.—
Lisa Bloch,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The approach allows a single sheet of material to perform multiple functions at once, including adaptive camouflage, information encryption and decryption, and shape morphing.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bass and her campaign team have sought to highlight a list of accomplishments, including a steady decrease in homicides, a drop in street homelessness and her efforts to accelerate the construction of affordable housing.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Despite the show being about London’s high society, the production team used the row of terrace houses composing the famed Royal Crescent to depict the exterior of the Featherington household.—
Kayla Keegan,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Due to the Los Angeles wildfires, he was trapped in Montana for a week without plans and started composing before the film had even officially secured a financing deal.—
Matthew Huff,
Vanity Fair,
27 Jan. 2026
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Citric acid binds to calcium, stopping these crystals from forming into stones.—
Zia Sherrell,
Health,
7 Feb. 2026
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Film-forming sealers eventually peel.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Comprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprising. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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