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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
The helmets’ one-size-fits-all design comprised a manganese steel outer shell and an adjustable inner lining that was attached to a leather chinstrap.
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The first 10 episodes comprised season 2, with the remaining 10 slated for the upcoming third season, Entertainment Weekly can confirm.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
Oil revenues comprised 56% of state income in the third quarter, the government said in October.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
However, neither of these teams are comprised entirely of celebrities; in fact, most of the players will be just average gamers from around the world.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Those virtual hangouts comprised breakfast, lunch, and walks.
—Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
The latter comprised Copenhagen Fashion Week’s chief executive officer Cecilie Thorsmark; Mulberry CEO Andrea Baldo; Tekla CEO Kristoffer Juhl; Ganni cofounder Nicolaj Reffstrup, and Rikke Amtorp, head of brand and creative at Magasin du Nord, to cite a few.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Of the total vehicles delivered, 481,166 were Model 3/Y and 15,933 comprised the other models (Model S, Model X, Cybertruck).
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
The NewFest37 jury comprised leading LGBTQ+ film creatives, filmmakers, artists, agents, activists, journalists and entertainment professionals.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The first 10 episodes comprised season 2, with the remaining 10 slated for the upcoming third season, Entertainment Weekly can confirm.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
Oil revenues comprised 56% of state income in the third quarter, the government said in October.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
However, neither of these teams are comprised entirely of celebrities; in fact, most of the players will be just average gamers from around the world.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Those virtual hangouts comprised breakfast, lunch, and walks.
—Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
The latter comprised Copenhagen Fashion Week’s chief executive officer Cecilie Thorsmark; Mulberry CEO Andrea Baldo; Tekla CEO Kristoffer Juhl; Ganni cofounder Nicolaj Reffstrup, and Rikke Amtorp, head of brand and creative at Magasin du Nord, to cite a few.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Of the total vehicles delivered, 481,166 were Model 3/Y and 15,933 comprised the other models (Model S, Model X, Cybertruck).
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
The NewFest37 jury comprised leading LGBTQ+ film creatives, filmmakers, artists, agents, activists, journalists and entertainment professionals.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprised
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As of Wednesday afternoon, the fire has been fully contained.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The blaze is now contained, but a shelter-in-place order remains in effect for the area around the airport.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Western red cedar is a softwood composed of long, thin cells with microstructural dimensions up to seven times smaller than those of bamboo.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Four-time Oscar-nominated Dan Romer composed the score and the film features the first acting role of Femi Koleoso, the drummer and leader of the BRIT Award and Mercury Music Prize winning British jazz group Ezra Collective.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Airports particularly affected at that time included San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in California (56 disruptions), Miami International Airport (MIA) in Florida (36) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California (28).—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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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.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The compromises were not, in the end, ones that constituted red lines.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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Defense, prosecution presented conflicted arguments over use-of-force In court, prosecutors argued that Grayson's actions constituted murder.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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During the event, several confrontations broke out, but were quickly calmed by police, who had formed a perimeter around Zellerbach Hall.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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As Kimmel went into comedy, Escobedo formed the band Cleto and the Cletones in 1995, mostly playing saxophone.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Comprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprised. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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