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
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
The first — and arguably most important — is a community-benefits agreement with various constituents around the La Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Dan Mangan, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
Rather than routing entire documents to a single model, documents will be decomposed into constituent parts such as titles, paragraphs, tables and images and be routed to the model or agent best suited to understand it.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The dramatic shrinkage of that sector, which NBCUniversal recently exited completely, left NATPE with a less-lucrative mix of constituents, mainly streaming vendors, production companies and Hispanic media specialists based in Miami.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
The first — and arguably most important — is a community-benefits agreement with various constituents around the La Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Attia was among a group of new CBS News contributors recruited by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, who herself was hired in October, two months after the network's parent, Paramount Skydance, completed a merger between its two prior constituent parts, Paramount Global and Skydance Media.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
Rather than routing entire documents to a single model, documents will be decomposed into constituent parts such as titles, paragraphs, tables and images and be routed to the model or agent best suited to understand it.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constituent
Noun
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The crew members then began preparing for the burn that will send them around the moon.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The five members of Michigan’s iconic 1991 recruiting class, who led the Wolverines to the Final Four in 1992 and ’93, have reunited only a handful of times.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The company has stripped away the complexity, allowing anyone to snap spectacular images of galaxies and nebulae hundreds of light-years away without wrestling with multi-component setups requiring serious technical chops – all wrapped in Vaonis's trademark minimalist design.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Jan. 2026
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The layout by Oakland design studio Open Daily is clean; even more complicated recipes, like Henry Hsu’s multi-component cornerstone rice cakes, are easy to follow.—
Soleil Ho,
SFChronicle.com,
9 Nov. 2020
Noun
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To create a hotel that is a celebration of Italy was one of Corinthia’s main goals, and it’s reflected in the names of the hotel’s different spaces, the Italian wines in the minibar, and the Lazio producers who supply the restaurant with its ingredients.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Happy Mammoth’s use of standardized ingredients and a multi-system approach aligns with what experts say to look for in this category, which helps explain why the formula feels more comprehensive than a single-ingredient supplement.—
Rita Templeton,
Flow Space,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The new $11 million installation features between 48,000 and 50,000 individual LED lights — double the number in the original 2013 display — designed for 360-degree visibility and built to better withstand the bay’s salty, windy weather, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Part of the company’s dramatic turnaround since new ownership took over in 2019 has been to allow individual stores to tailor the shopping experience and displays to their local markets, rather than corporate’s cookie-cutter mandates, according to reporting by ModernRetail.—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But the elements were affecting a lot.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Habits of thinking are hard to change quickly, and certainly some hierarchical elements were kept in the process of producing Documenta 14, such as the distinction between curators and curatorial assistants, who in many cases worked with artists more directly on the works commissioned.—
Adam Szymczyk,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Winds are another factor, especially higher in the atmosphere, where strong or changing speeds can affect a rocket’s stability.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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These two factors have been a competitive advantage for Davines, which has built a global business serving the sustained appetite of customers for natural and professional beauty products.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Constituent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constituent. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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