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as in to contain
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in to constitute
to be all the substance of
at the time, about 100,000 fighting men and women comprised our military force in that country
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Recent Examples of comprise
Jews comprise roughly 2% of the population.
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Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
The development will comprise two curved 28-story towers designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, with interiors by March and White Design (MAWD).
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
Researchers looked at 21 publicly available data sets comprising 2,315 samples acquired by three laboratories.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2026
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Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
The development will comprise two curved 28-story towers designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, with interiors by March and White Design (MAWD).
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
Researchers looked at 21 publicly available data sets comprising 2,315 samples acquired by three laboratories.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2026
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The device, turned in by a visitor, contained more than 2,000 images and 100 videos of child pornography, along with photos of Catron, authorities said.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The report compiled by the Star-Telegram contains data from March 8 through March 21 and 365 inspections.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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Leftism thus constitutes an ongoing search for new causes to fight on behalf of, in a way that mobilizes adherents and creates solidarity among them.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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The judge also blocked Kennedy's 13 appointees from serving on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), finding the panel unlawfully constituted.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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The question box includes a space for your name, but this is optional.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Those include charges brought at the president's urging against some of his longtime critics, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The video depicted fingers on a MIDI keyboard, turning knobs, pushing buttons and supposedly composing the song in real time.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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The 25–30 Columbia Heights complex is composed of five buildings that originally made up the Squibb Plant, built by the Squibb pharmaceutical company as a factory that produced mineral oil and vitamins among other medical products.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
24 Mar. 2026
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To address this, researchers combined PILs with a second, more rigid polymer to form block copolymers.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Ready to articulate something that’s been forming internally?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Comprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprise. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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