Thesaurus results for COMPRISED

comprised

verb

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past tense of comprise

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 suited style was comprised of a tuxedo, bowtie and cummerbund. —

Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 May 2026 This open architecture system is comprised of multifunction control consoles and Remote Terminal Units (RTU). —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026 The Natural Resources Committee, comprised of resident volunteers, has spent two years working toward certification by meeting best birding practices and hosting educational events, city officials said. —

Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 The regular refs wanted a 10 percent pay increase, wanted to protect a dead period during which they could not be contacted by the league from the end of the season until May 16, did not wish to tie salaries to performance, and wanted playoff crews comprised on the basis of tenure. —

Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 They're comprised of multiple layers of foam, ideal for those who like that sinking-in feeling. —

Alora Bopray, USA Today, 7 May 2026 Black voters comprised most of the non-white electorate; there were no Latino members of Congress outside of states that had been part of Mexico, and no AAPI members outside of majority-AAPI Hawaii. —

David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 May 2026 The Great Divide had healthy physical sales, around 175,000; however, streaming led the Vermont native’s ascent to the top — streaming units comprised 212,000 of the total 389,000 first week equivalent album units. —

Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 3 May 2026 Fort Worth bond package Fort Worth citizens will have their say on an $845 million bond package comprised of six separate propositions aimed at funding a wide range of infrastructure and community projects. —

Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 1 May 2026

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The 28-year-old pleaded guilty to possessing the destructive device, which contained flammable ethanol and a wick designed to ignite when lighted.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
When Federal Reserve officials convened on March 17-18, just a few weeks after the war broke out, Chair Jerome Powell said any effects on inflation would likely be temporary and could be contained within the energy industry, keeping the door open for at least one rate cut this year.

— Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 7 May 2026