as in member
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 constituent
David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Our constituents deserve and expect a government that delivers — on housing, health, public safety and infrastructure.
—Joel Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Max Taves, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Giffords was shot in the head, six people were killed and a dozen others were wounded during a constituent event in Tucson.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Bass has been quicker to respond this time around, announcing a nightly curfew for downtown, warning of consequences for those who vandalize or commit violence and spelling out the real-world impacts of the ICE arrests on her constituents.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Our constituents deserve and expect a government that delivers — on housing, health, public safety and infrastructure.
—Joel Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Adjective
San Jose leaders, facing rising constituent pressure to clean their streets, want the county — traditionally focused on providing health services — to bear a bigger share of the cost of building shelter.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Giffords was shot in the head, six people were killed and a dozen others were wounded during a constituent event in Tucson.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constituent
Noun
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In 1976, Misericordia expanded its operations to the former Angel Guardian Orphanage, on 22 acres in West Ridge, with Connelly, 39 children and 35 dedicated staff members moving there.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
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American diplomats and their family members were being offered military evacuations from Israel, while the military began moving aircraft and ships to the region.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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And as Golosio and his team knew, an ANN designed around a multi-component working memory model could be a powerful tool for processing and creating human-like communication.—
Ben Thomas,
Discover Magazine,
12 Nov. 2015
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Perceptual convergence of multi-component mixtures in olfaction implies an olfactory white.—
Ed Yong,
Discover Magazine,
20 Nov. 2012
Noun
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Once all of the ingredients come together, refrigerate your pitcher, stirring occasionally for several hours.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
20 June 2025
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Independent testing confirms that the supplement contains the ingredients listed on the label and is free from harmful contaminants.—
Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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Not by everyone, but a few individual coaches and players.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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The final scene implies that so long as there are desperate individual people, there will always be an opportunity for a Squid Game.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Working as part of a collaboration often scrubs the more human elements from the story, those moments that might be unflattering are the moments that remind people that these mythic figures of our imagination are, in fact, flawed humans, just like you and me.—
Brendan O’Meara
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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The third element involves moving the listing to multiple listing services, or MLS, and onto aggregation sites like Zillow.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Anime’s influence among athletes, particularly Black and African audiences, was a motivating factor in the collaboration, according to the partners.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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Three key factors make this particularly hard and point to where solutions might emerge.—
Jeff Mahler,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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“Constituent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constituent. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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