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as in contains
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in constitutes
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 comprises
In March, the French navy seized an oil tanker in the Mediterranean that Macron said belonged to Russia’s shadow fleet, which comprises several hundred tankers through which Russia evades sanctions.
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
One group comprises parents who retire relatively young, perhaps because of a military job or financial windfall.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 31 May 2026
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit comprises federal courts in Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 May 2026
The state’s arsenal comprises a patchwork of older and secondhand equipment, with no advanced air-defense system fit to challenge Israeli warplanes.
—Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
The upgrade kit comprises a three-panel platform mattress sized to collapse behind the second-row seats.
—C.c. Weiss
may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
District 15 The district comprises the Harbor Area, including San Pedro.
—Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 29 May 2026
The error suppression comprises a set of techniques that reduce the likelihood of hardware error while quantum bits are being manipulated or used for memory storage.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
The 200-acre Urban Cowboy Lodge & Resort comprises the rustic-chic lodge and several other standalone houses and cabins.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
One group comprises parents who retire relatively young, perhaps because of a military job or financial windfall.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 31 May 2026
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit comprises federal courts in Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 May 2026
The state’s arsenal comprises a patchwork of older and secondhand equipment, with no advanced air-defense system fit to challenge Israeli warplanes.
—Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
The upgrade kit comprises a three-panel platform mattress sized to collapse behind the second-row seats.
—C.c. Weiss
may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
District 15 The district comprises the Harbor Area, including San Pedro.
—Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 29 May 2026
The error suppression comprises a set of techniques that reduce the likelihood of hardware error while quantum bits are being manipulated or used for memory storage.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
The 200-acre Urban Cowboy Lodge & Resort comprises the rustic-chic lodge and several other standalone houses and cabins.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprises
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The neighborhood/area West Bay is a cluster of towering skyscrapers that contains residences, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels, and restaurants.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty Images The tank was designed to hold 900,000 gallons of a hazardous chemical known as white liquor, a chemical brew that contains sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate and is used in the paper-pulping process, officials have said.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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But functioning democracies and stable markets still require broad consensus about what constitutes evidence, truth, and reality.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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When Bond meets John Greenway (Lennie James), a former 00 agent, who oversees the new training program, the pair must learn to work together despite the latter’s stricter philosophy about what constitutes the perfect agent to stop a rogue 009 British operative.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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The hotel spa includes a hammam, gravitational tub, sauna, and salt wall, all of which are ensconced among Roman ruins.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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District 2 includes Clairemont, Point Loma and some nearby neighborhoods.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Over the years, the piano became an emotional outlet for Partovi, who composes his own music.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
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Her capriciousness leads her into an affair with a frustrated professor, Mark (Michael Angarano), who compliments her writing and composes pretentious, backhandedly insulting poems about their not-quite-love.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Comprises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprises. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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