comprised

past tense of comprise
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as in contained
to be made up of the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods

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as in composed
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 comprised Last year, first-time visitors to Las Vegas comprised 10% of travelers, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's annual visitor profile study. James Powel, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 And of course the mis en scène — comprised in Season 4 of a palatial hotel on the Croisette and a luxurious hilltop hideaway — are as central to the plot as the characters. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 Historically, Tulu Nadu comprised the regions of Haiva and Tuluva. Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026 According to the Alpine Club, the expedition comprised five Nepali climbers, Pakistani mountaineer Sohail Sakhi, Omani climber Nathira, American climber Mallory Geis, a Chinese climber identified only as Wang, and another foreign climber. CBS News, 31 July 2026 In 2024, Black players comprised just 6% of major-league rosters — the lowest percentage since 1955. Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 Telemundo successfully targeted Gen Z, who comprised one-third of Peacock's World Cup audience. Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The biennale comprised 31 projects of which 6 were Ecuadorian. News Desk, Artforum, 20 July 2026 Imax 70mm comprised about 4% of that total, with Imax digital making up the rest. Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprised
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  • Traces of a silk fabric found near her skull that may have been used as a trim on a hat or bonnet contained metal threads made of pure gold and silver.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • According to German media, the cache in Berlin contained two handguns and ammunition.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • But the group had learned of the Phantom Orchestra, a group in Tbilisi, the capital of what is now Georgia, composed of musicians, poets and activists who had been barred from leaving the Soviet Union.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Bookended by drone shots of the Macedonian countryside and a somber cello refrain by Novogradska, this 86-minute doc is otherwise composed of scoreless interviews with subjects seated in front of black curtains and captured in medium range.
    Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • No details on injuries or fatalities were included in the post, which asked community members for video footage, photographs or any information related to the shooting.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Other defensive standouts included Jaden Hicks forcing a fumble and Felix Anudike-Uzomah recording a sack, as the Chiefs' first-half defense impressed before a 16-15 loss.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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  • In 1970 people with tenure or tenure-track jobs constituted 73% of those teaching at colleges and universities.
    Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The waters around Sicily, which was colonized by the ancient Greeks and later conquered by the Romans around 240 BC, constituted one of the ancient world’s most important trade routes.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • The luxury of doing less Arriving on the largest island in the Grenadine archipelago, one that was formed millions of years ago by volcanic activity, Sandals Saint Vincent is the latest addition to the company’s portfolio.
    Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia, Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir formed the Open Secure AI Alliance this summer, with more than 100 inaugural partners, explicitly citing the Hugging Face incident as the reason.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Comprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprised. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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