comprised

past tense of comprise
1
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 Sullivan, a midfielder for the Philadelphia Union, joins many of the same players who comprised the roster for the USMNT's World Cup run this summer including Tyler Adams, Sebastian Berhalter, Gio Reyna, Malik Tillman, Ricardo Pepi and others. Mason Leib, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 In five of the past six rate-hiking cycles, the Nasdaq, which is comprised about 60% of tech issues, fell in the one-month aftermath, and in four of those cycles the damage got worse three months later. Jeff Cox,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 Price and Love comprised a formidable 1-2 punch, combining for 1,871 yards and 24 touchdowns on the ground. Andrew Destin, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 On streaming programs, female characters comprised 44% of major characters, down from 49% in 2024 to 2025. Valerie Monroe, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026 International students comprised about 4% of undergraduates in the 2025-26 school year. Texas Tribune, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 In jail, Barisone read through tens of thousands of pages of discovery documents, much of which comprised Kanarek’s postings and electronic communications. Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 This year’s jury comprised Spain’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Carla Simón (Alcarrás), Italian director and editor Sara Fgaier and Hania Mroué, director of Metropolis, the historic arthouse cinema in Beirut. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 After the invention of the internal combustion engine in 1885, the auto industry had comprised skilled laborers producing a few bespoke vehicles—affordable only to an upper stratum of society. Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • If that money train stalls, the effects won’t be contained to tech investors on Wall Street.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • And the sadistic acts 764 perpetrators promote are not always contained to a computer screen.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • This documentary drama, created by Elizabeth Marvel and director Lee Sunday Evans, is composed from the verbatim transcripts of these painful proceedings.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Sheik subsequently composed music for several other stage productions, including American Psycho, based on Bret Easton Ellis’ novel, and Alice by Heart, a Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland adaptation set in London during World War II.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • The suspects who remained in Haiti awaiting trial included 17 Colombian soldiers and Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee who was part of an anti-corruption unit.
    EVENS SANON, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • While most have not dismissed Michelin quite like Lee above, there is quite a bit of head scratching over who was included, who was omitted, and how the ratings were awarded.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
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  • Thompson asserted that the monitoring constituted unreasonable search and seizure, but a federal appeals court denied his claim last year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Colonial armies fought in every theater and constituted some of the forces deployed during the war.
    Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Related The jazz five-piece formed in a youth club, Tomorrow’s Warriors in Enfield, north London, before growing steadily into a must-see live act and cultural leader.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The fewer bonds present, the higher the temperature at which the minerals in the tooth formed.
    Corinne Purtill Follow, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Comprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprised. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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