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 So, fellow Chicagoans, fasten your seatbelts and prepare for the wildest, most unnerving rollercoaster ride of the four budget cycles that have comprised the city’s Brandon Johnson Experience. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Sophie, mom Annie and her great-aunt comprised The 3 Suckers — a play on the small side shoots that can stunt the growth of healthy leaves. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 The package is comprised by 14 films, three telenovelas and a series. — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 In street-legal guise, the original Shelby Cobra 427 S/C MKIII comprised a run of only 31 examples in period. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026 These included Villa Viesca, the former summer home of Salvatore and Wanda Ferragamo, and Dimora Ghirlandaio, a resort in Tuscany, both of which comprised the villas where the American envoy stays during the summit. — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026 Data on the individual market — which is comprised mostly of ACA plans — suggests enrollment fell 16 percent as of March and 18 percent as of June, KFF found. — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026 The 2026 Narrative, Animated and Documentary Shorts jury comprised Daniel Crooke, Max Geschwind and Laura Henneman. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 The rankings considered four factors which comprised the districts’ student racial diversity index, parent/student surveys on culture and diversity, the percent of economically disadvantaged students and gender diversity. — Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprised
Verb
  • The amendment, reviewed by The Times, contained conflicting language.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The study found that developers may collect and train on sensitive personal information users share with chatbots, including information contained in uploaded files.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Soundtracks often work in a similar way—music that’s been composed with the idea of accompaniment, melodies that are meant to join with a story already can work perfectly when one is in the midst of creating a character or scene.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Alaska’s core constituency is composed of Natives, fishermen, rural legislators, and unions, with some chamber-of-commerce types mixed in.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Slide 1 of 15 The entries included license plate numbers, descriptions of vehicles and descriptions of law enforcement personnel Willie Herndon believed were following him, the complaint said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Common complaints from Atlantans included parking that was too expensive, traffic woes and a real estate shift in the area.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • One of the weirder aspects of the telecom industry, as it’s constituted in the United States right now, is that cell carriers own some of their towers and operate some of their towers.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993.
    — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • On Tuesday, Elon Musk, the CEO and largest shareholder of both companies, said the electric vehicle maker and the rocket company had formed special committees at the request of shareholders to discuss the idea.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • By studying Mars' moons, scientists hope to learn whether Phobos and Deimos formed in the aftermath of an ancient collision between Mars and a battering space rock.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Comprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprised. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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