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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
Of that sum, traditional album sales comprised 39,000, marking Nine Inch Nails’ biggest sales week since 2013.
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Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The second most common way professors used Claude was for academic research — this comprised 13% of conversations.
—Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The Quartet comprised the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States, and appointed Blair as its envoy in 2007 with the goal of helping to develop the Palestinian economy and institutions.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Güreş was unanimously selected by the Turkish pavilion’s advisory board, which comprised art historian Ceren Özpınar and curators Chus Martínez, Öykü Özsoy Sağnak, and Ulya Soley.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
O'Neill, Bowen, and Ferguson played the core of the titular extended family that comprised the cast of the series, which ran from 2009-2020.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Part of the first of two drops dedicated to racing, the lifestyle collection also comprised hoodies, T-shirts and long-sleeve jerseys.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
The combined list comprised nearly 90,000 unique court cases.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
The New Currents jury comprised film critic Jessica Kiang, Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze and South Korean director Oh Seung Uk.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The second most common way professors used Claude was for academic research — this comprised 13% of conversations.
—Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The Quartet comprised the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States, and appointed Blair as its envoy in 2007 with the goal of helping to develop the Palestinian economy and institutions.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Güreş was unanimously selected by the Turkish pavilion’s advisory board, which comprised art historian Ceren Özpınar and curators Chus Martínez, Öykü Özsoy Sağnak, and Ulya Soley.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
O'Neill, Bowen, and Ferguson played the core of the titular extended family that comprised the cast of the series, which ran from 2009-2020.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Part of the first of two drops dedicated to racing, the lifestyle collection also comprised hoodies, T-shirts and long-sleeve jerseys.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
The combined list comprised nearly 90,000 unique court cases.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
The New Currents jury comprised film critic Jessica Kiang, Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze and South Korean director Oh Seung Uk.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprised
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Between 2018 and 2022, more than two-thirds of cases of female breast cancer were diagnosed at a localized stage, meaning the cancer was contained to the breast, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Safdie may have found a new way to make a sports drama, one that relies less on the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat and more on all that is contained in the ambivalent middle.—
Richard Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The vascular system is composed of two major components, arteries and veins.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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He’s composed and routinely square to the puck.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Analyzing its grocery orders that included candy in 2024, Instacart found each state's Halloween candy preferences.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Big winners in Europe in the third quarter included Spanish stocks, the banking sector and chip giant ASML.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The game’s loot box mechanics — while not exclusive to EA — also led to backlash from gamers, triggering European regulators to investigate whether the feature constituted gambling.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Warriors are in a good spot to do just that as currently constituted; however, a trade could always be on the horizon.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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But none of the band members ever flinched over the divide that formed over their pre- and post-Vheissu sound.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Only storms with names that formed after the year 2000 and that are within 50 miles of the potential landfall location are shown.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Comprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprised. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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