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 The latest total comprised 673 arrivals and 833 departures, reflecting a sharp slowdown as operators adjust schedules around the storm. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 Kurtz said on the earnings call that the company added 935 Flex accounts during the quarter and these accounts comprised its top 10 deals by deal value. Samantha Subin, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 The total cohort comprised about 18,000 adults who were 61 years old on average. Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 26 Aug. 2026 The zaobanchu during Qianlong’s reign comprised nearly one thousand artisans, who worked out of fear to serve the demands of the insatiable emperor who would sometimes dole out severe punishments, like taking away a year’s salary. Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 The testing phase comprised 53 separate commissioning procedures broken into 308 individual chapters. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprised
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  • The glove contained a small bag of cocaine and Adderall, the document said.
    Ava Kelley, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • During the encounter, Molano was allowed to contact another person to take possession of the vehicle, which still contained the cinnamon rolls and their storage containers, Fortune said.
    Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • The character is composed of only the broadest of strokes, thinly defined by toughness, trauma, and uncomfortable motherhood, runoff of the stew that formed characters like Ripley.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The second saw Isak recalibrate his run in behind a couple of times before latching onto Gakpo’s trivela pass, staying composed as a defender and Scherpen got close before sliding a shot home with his left foot.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Their summer window, which included signing the former Manchester United pair Millie Turner and Lisa Fjeldstad Naalsund, was eye-catching.
    Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The group included residents as well as others who either grew up there or had family ties to the town.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • Engineers reviewed the process and defined what constituted success, while hardware safeguards such as operating limits, interlocks and emergency stops restricted what the agent could do.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The court also heard testimony from Christine Reglin, a special agent with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, who maintained that the agency didn’t think Fatherley’s actions that night constituted a crime.
    Sofi Zeman August 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • The pair formed a decades-long friendship that Sean recalled in Roberta, a documentary chronicling her life.
    Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The recall was largely organized by the Independence Action Committee, one of several grassroots political groups which formed in the wake of the controversial vote.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Comprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprised. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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