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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
In 2024, according to Space Foundation estimates, the commercial space products and services industry comprised well over half of the economy’s total value, a shift largely attributed to the enhancement and expansion of satellite technology.
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Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
The clone also comprised a large portion of the Chardonnay vines used in the famous 1973 Château Montelena Chardonnay that won the historic 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting, defeating many of France's top white Burgundies.
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Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
There’s an ever-growing cottage industry of restoration houses that are focused on celebrating models that comprised the backbone of the stateside market at the latter part of last century.
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Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Those requests would have comprised approvals for payments to various experts to review and interpret evidence, in addition to billable hours filed by his attorneys Anne Taylor, Jay Logsdon and Elisa Massoth.
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Kevin Fixler
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
Fall visits comprised 28% of tourism in 2025, winter visits 22% and spring visits 6%.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The museum has Lin Yilin’s Monad (2018), a virtual reality work comprised of three separate but interconnected parts.
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Zach Powell,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
The band was comprised of Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist Matt Sweeney, and bassists David Pajo and Paz Lenchantin.
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Jaeden Pinder,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2026
Google employees alone, 323 of them comprised mostly of software engineers and researchers, gave more to Mamdani than workers from any other Partnership member company.
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
The clone also comprised a large portion of the Chardonnay vines used in the famous 1973 Château Montelena Chardonnay that won the historic 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting, defeating many of France's top white Burgundies.
—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
There’s an ever-growing cottage industry of restoration houses that are focused on celebrating models that comprised the backbone of the stateside market at the latter part of last century.
—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Those requests would have comprised approvals for payments to various experts to review and interpret evidence, in addition to billable hours filed by his attorneys Anne Taylor, Jay Logsdon and Elisa Massoth.
—
Kevin Fixler
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
Fall visits comprised 28% of tourism in 2025, winter visits 22% and spring visits 6%.
—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The museum has Lin Yilin’s Monad (2018), a virtual reality work comprised of three separate but interconnected parts.
—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
The band was comprised of Corgan, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist Matt Sweeney, and bassists David Pajo and Paz Lenchantin.
—
Jaeden Pinder,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2026
Google employees alone, 323 of them comprised mostly of software engineers and researchers, gave more to Mamdani than workers from any other Partnership member company.
—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprised
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The data contained inside is helping researchers understand otherwise hard-to-examine cosmic interactions like microlensing.
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The diminutive menu contained just three sandwiches, two salads and a single dessert.
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If interruptions throw you off, step away briefly and return composed.
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For the memorial game, the Feeneys had reverted to their old batting order, so after Greenberg, the lineup would be wholly composed of Feeney elders.
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Pinterest, YouTube Kids, and messenger apps like WhatsApp are not included in the ban.
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
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Some lawmakers have questioned whether that follow-on strike constituted a war crime.
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In Kansas, more than 500 workers were terminated or took buyouts — a 32% scale-back that constituted the region’s largest USDA staffing reduction.
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In Darwin’s day, of course, the processes by which gametes are formed and then fused had yet to be discovered.
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Think450 was formed in 2017 to service NBA players’ group licensing and marketing rights.
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“Comprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprised. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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