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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
Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
As inference increasingly comprises a larger portion of total AI compute spending, the pressure on Nvidia’s pricing power in that sector will intensify.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The event comprises a series of talks and presentations on Brazil’s audiovisual industry and support organizations.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 18 May 2026
It comes kitted with KKE suspension with 220 mm of travel that comprises a 37-mm front fork.
—New Atlas, 15 May 2026
The class of 2026 comprises 25 recordings, made over 70 years, in total.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
The 62,000-square-mile territory—home to major oil deposits and natural resources—comprises two-thirds of Guyana and has become a flashpoint in South American geopolitics and energy markets.
—Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
This 17th-century Provençal-style château-bastide comprises a 1,200-hectare estate that includes a pine forest, an olive grove, and a 30-hectare vineyard in the Provence region, renowned for its organic Miraval rosé.
—Cathy Tran, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
The art industry comprises an incredibly diverse tapestry of experts in all sorts of professions.
—The Editors Of Artnews, Robb Report, 7 May 2026
Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
As inference increasingly comprises a larger portion of total AI compute spending, the pressure on Nvidia’s pricing power in that sector will intensify.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The event comprises a series of talks and presentations on Brazil’s audiovisual industry and support organizations.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 18 May 2026
It comes kitted with KKE suspension with 220 mm of travel that comprises a 37-mm front fork.
—New Atlas, 15 May 2026
The class of 2026 comprises 25 recordings, made over 70 years, in total.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
The 62,000-square-mile territory—home to major oil deposits and natural resources—comprises two-thirds of Guyana and has become a flashpoint in South American geopolitics and energy markets.
—Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
This 17th-century Provençal-style château-bastide comprises a 1,200-hectare estate that includes a pine forest, an olive grove, and a 30-hectare vineyard in the Provence region, renowned for its organic Miraval rosé.
—Cathy Tran, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
The art industry comprises an incredibly diverse tapestry of experts in all sorts of professions.
—The Editors Of Artnews, Robb Report, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprises
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The grain contains avenanthramides, which are antioxidants found exclusively in oats, says Coogan.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
17 May 2026
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Wallace Chan’s Secular Interpretation of Religious Rituals Oil and water play central roles in the installation, which, like many of Chan’s creations, contains layered meanings.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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This finding constitutes the foundation for the pilot program’s basic income payment amount.—
Carrie Brandon Elliot,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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On top of misquoting statutes and misrepresenting legal standards, the filing also made broad claims about what constitutes doxing without citing a single case to support their stance.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
18 May 2026
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Last year, the chancellor of the Peralta Community College District, a network of four schools that includes Merritt, proposed a merger with nearby Laney College to create something called Oakland City College.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Along with the jewelry drops, the Kinn Studio x Prince Tennis collaboration also includes apparel and accessories.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
19 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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The group composes its own sacred music, lilting songs that prompt women in green-and-white wraparounds to vigorously shake their bodies.—
Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Comprises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprises. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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