How to Use constitute in a Sentence
constitute
verb- Women constitute 70 percent of the student population at the college.
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So when asked what would constitute a good conference performance, Lavin does not talk about a certain number of wins.
— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2022 -
These groups alone constitute a massive amount of people—but the list probably doesn’t end there, Dr. Murray says.
— Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 21 Dec. 2022 -
This article does not constitute an endorsement of any digital or crypto asset.
— Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022 -
Refugees came to constitute one-fifth of Greece’s population—among them was Tsirigoti’s grandmother.
— Longreads, 12 Dec. 2022 -
Those future commitments constitute a form of debt, but they often aren’t recognized as such by accounting rules for banks or other companies.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Either way, most movies aren’t the kind of cultural touchstones that constitute essential experiences.
— Josh Gondelman, SELF, 27 Dec. 2022 -
Each of the creators who spoke to Rolling Stone had vastly different ideas about what would constitute adequate compensation.
— Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Any investments made are made under the same terms as nonaffiliated investors and do not constitute a controlling interest.
— Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024 -
Others have gone further and claimed that concerns around misinformation constitute a moral panic or are even themselves misinformation.
— Jennifer Allen, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2024 -
One former senior Iraqi official told his relative and cellmates that he had been forced to sit on a part from a car engine, an act that could constitute anal rape under Iraqi criminal law.
— Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Does that constitute a protest and does one of us have to stay outside?
— Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2018 -
Wood or stone walls and maybe a glimpse of a garden constitute the views.
— Mike Dunne, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2020 -
If a pitcher leaves the hill and talks to Eaves, that constitutes a team visit.
— Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2018 -
And while all constitute small packages, the best crappie lures pack in a lot.
— Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023 -
The pipeline as constituted today has proved to be more than enough to help the club, too.
— Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019 -
And that constituted having both Heather, Jonathan [Schaech] and Judah in the same bed and even in the same shot at times.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023 -
And those might constitute big MCU spoilers that some fans might want to avoid.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 20 Dec. 2022 -
Failing to do so constitute a breach of the law and as such, the production was sanctioned by the CNC.
— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023 -
This constitutes a major shift in the ethos of bookselling.
— Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 -
Orion is fairly easy to spot in the night sky — just look for the three stars in a row that constitute Orion's belt.
— Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2019 -
And in many cases, what looks like a cost may turn out in the long run to constitute a kind of benefit.
— Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021 -
If the game isn’t played, the loss Monday will not count against the Orioles, as a lone game does not constitute a series.
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024 -
Still, the missing payments constitute less than 2% of the total amount billed.
— Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 19 Jan. 2021 -
But experts say the destabilization and the scale of the protests were enough to constitute an asylum claim.
— Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023 -
This season’s crop would not even constitute 20% of that.
— Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022 -
But do the Bay Area schools constitute a smart investment for the network?
— Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2023 -
The fight over what constitutes approval of tax measures is not new at the state and local level.
— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Now the pair of fans are arguing this constitutes a breach of contract.
— Thania Garcia, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024 -
Whether the mission might evolve – and what would constitute success – remains to be seen.
— Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2022
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