as in members
one of the parts that make up a whole
the soil contained all of the necessary constituents for growing crops
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Recent Examples of constituents
Schools increased tuition for those kids—by 2012, in-state students were paying for almost half their education, on average—but administrators didn’t want to go too far and provoke the ire of lawmakers who’d hear about it from their constituents.
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Jeffrey Selingo, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Running for public office and trying to build trust with your future constituents?
—Grace Aldridge Foster, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Winning office becomes a matter of pleasing party bosses or local power brokers rather than persuading a broad swath of constituents.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet the gun industry continues to manufacture millions of new guns a year, and conservative right-wing lawmakers continue to pledge allegiance to guns and not to their constituents who are being slaughtered with them.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Backers of the recall say Engardio betrayed his constituents by going back on support for a compromise that would have kept the highway open to vehicles during the week and banned them on weekends.
—Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Even at age 33, approaching the twilight of his career, Ali was electromagnetic, drawing the crowd to its feet and polarizing its constituents all at once.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
While the event was livestreamed, Hawkins also said the city failed to adequately promote it, adding that dozens of her constituents would have attended with more notice.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
Pols of all stripes knew how popular PBS and NPR were, and ultimately didn’t want to face the wrath of angry constituents wondering where Big Bird went.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Jeffrey Selingo, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Running for public office and trying to build trust with your future constituents?
—Grace Aldridge Foster, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Winning office becomes a matter of pleasing party bosses or local power brokers rather than persuading a broad swath of constituents.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet the gun industry continues to manufacture millions of new guns a year, and conservative right-wing lawmakers continue to pledge allegiance to guns and not to their constituents who are being slaughtered with them.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Backers of the recall say Engardio betrayed his constituents by going back on support for a compromise that would have kept the highway open to vehicles during the week and banned them on weekends.
—Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Even at age 33, approaching the twilight of his career, Ali was electromagnetic, drawing the crowd to its feet and polarizing its constituents all at once.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
While the event was livestreamed, Hawkins also said the city failed to adequately promote it, adding that dozens of her constituents would have attended with more notice.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
Pols of all stripes knew how popular PBS and NPR were, and ultimately didn’t want to face the wrath of angry constituents wondering where Big Bird went.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constituents
Noun
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Like his Washington, Bargatze’s Farnsworth regaled a trio of underlings (SNL cast members Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson) with ridiculous yet accurate predictions for the future, in this case of TV.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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However, the simulation wasn’t looking at whether the board members are excited for upcoming events.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While there are many generational, political, and economic factors separating 1965 from today, the more promising read on space captured a level of optimism that isn’t as prominent in the AI age.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The work is part of Phase 5 of the bluff stabilization project, which began in 2024 as part of an effort to protect the eroding bluffs from earthquakes, sea level rise and other factors.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In this approach, quantum information is encoded in various properties of photons, and computation is performed by manipulating these photonic states using optical components.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Based on performance in all six components, the state assigned an overall performance rating to each district of one to five stars.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Recently, a Dior New York spa esthetician told her to swap out her morning cleanser (turns out, too many stripping ingredients were only making her dryness worse).—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
19 Sep. 2025
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The nature-based, vegan products are produced in small batches, using a blend of adaptogens as its main active ingredients.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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A shade structure in the picnic area has been ripped away by the elements, and the wear-and-tear from all that play is obvious on other features.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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While the crumb tray is drying, use the pastry brush to brush away any crumbs on the interior of the toaster and on the heating elements.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Constituents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constituents. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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