1
as in to prepare
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form
composed a statement on this hot-button issue that managed to satisfy absolutely no one
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2
as in to comprise
to be all the substance of
the earth's crust is composed of mostly silicon with several other elements in smaller amounts
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3
as in to calm
to free from distress or disturbance
the first order of business was to compose the injured pedestrian
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Recent Examples of compose
Each of the primetime packages is composed of premium assets with a different look, sound, and feel for Thursday, Sunday, and Monday night games.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Retired educators: The Retired Educators of Osceola County is composed of people who are retired from the field of education from anywhere in the country.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum, which is composed almost entirely of aluminum oxide.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Made shoppable this March, it’s composed of one of Vans’ thinnest soles to date, with a design that takes cues from the Serio Style 84.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Retired educators: The Retired Educators of Osceola County is composed of people who are retired from the field of education from anywhere in the country.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum, which is composed almost entirely of aluminum oxide.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Made shoppable this March, it’s composed of one of Vans’ thinnest soles to date, with a design that takes cues from the Serio Style 84.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compose
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Consider personally submitting your tax payment to the IRS after your CPA has prepared them, review your tax returns every year.—
Anne-Lyse Ngatta,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Researchers have used different types of strawberries prepared in different ways to assess their blood pressure benefits.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
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Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
15 July 2025
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What To Know According to photos shared by a Japanese aircraft spotter on X (formerly Twitter) and a report by Japanese media, a group of four U.S. Air Force fighter jets comprising a pair of F-15EX jets, an F-15E jet and an F-16C jet—arrived at Kadena Air Base on Saturday.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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As Stanway had passed back to her, the midfielder had patted the air in the universal gesture for ‘calm it down, there’s no rush’.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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This simple shift calms your brain’s stress response, makes your complaint more likely to be received with empathy and often leads to resolution. 2.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Tempest’s book contains at least two Thuillier images: group shots of the Sixth in 1916, before the Battle of the Somme.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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But the binders contained information that had largely already been in the public domain.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 July 2025
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On the website, volunteer moderators share best practices for tapering, often referring to a handbook for doctors written by Horowitz, the British psychiatrist.—
Emily Corwin,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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Colbert and Talon hoped marriages would occur within two weeks of women’s arrival, but historian Yves Landry writes that most marriages occurred months later, as the women took time to select appropriate partners.—
Ann Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
9 July 2025
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And if brutally detaining overwhelmingly peaceful gardeners, farmhands, and construction workers who came to America to build a life constitutes an emergency, what doesn’t?—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
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Nothing provided on this site constitutes tax advice.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Noise-canceling headphones can help tune out distractions, from crying babies to the roar of a plane engine, to help lull you to sleep or focus on an in-flight movie, music, or podcasts.—
Jackie Cucco,
Travel + Leisure,
9 July 2025
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We were lulled into believing that AGI would work well in the real world.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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From drafting and summarizing reports to personalizing content at scale, here’s how to free up time for internal comms to focus on higher-level strategic tasks by leveraging AI.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Furphy was drafted with the 35th overall pick in 2024 by the San Antonio Spurs before being traded to the Pacers.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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“Compose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compose. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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