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as in containing
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in constituting
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 comprising
The same goes for the expedition team, comprising experts in various fields from marine biology to glaciology to sea kayaking.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026
The festival will present 65 films from 16 countries, with 21 narratives and 24 documentary features as well as 4 shorts programs comprising 6 narratives and 14 documentaries.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Early on the morning of July 5, Alva helped spearhead a search party comprising a dozen local Hispanic friends who gather on the weekends to play volleyball at her brother Arturo’s house.
—Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
The Documentary jury – comprising Geeta Gandbhir, Carla Gutierrez and Liu Qing – focused on the genre’s capacity to forge cross-cultural understanding.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 June 2026
Not betting against Elon Since Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, the company has grown into a conglomerate, comprising not just its business in reusable rockets but also satellite internet service Starlink and xAI.
—Sean Conlon,yun Li, CNBC, 12 June 2026
Miami-Dade Corrections The arrests coincide with the launch of the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office human trafficking task force, comprising 70 law enforcement agencies, including state and federal partners, ahead of the FIFA World Cup games.
—Anna McAllister, CBS News, 11 June 2026
The gift will be recognized by establishing the Nick Howley College of Engineering and Computing, which will be the largest of Drexel’s academic units, comprising the School of Engineering, School of Computer and Information Sciences and School of Biomedical Engineering and Science.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
One of its flagship ventures is the Stargate UAE project, comprising a 1-gigawatt compute cluster, which forms part of a bigger campus that will provide up to 5 gigawatts of computing power for AI data centres in Abu Dhabi.
—Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026
The festival will present 65 films from 16 countries, with 21 narratives and 24 documentary features as well as 4 shorts programs comprising 6 narratives and 14 documentaries.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Early on the morning of July 5, Alva helped spearhead a search party comprising a dozen local Hispanic friends who gather on the weekends to play volleyball at her brother Arturo’s house.
—Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
The Documentary jury – comprising Geeta Gandbhir, Carla Gutierrez and Liu Qing – focused on the genre’s capacity to forge cross-cultural understanding.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 June 2026
Not betting against Elon Since Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, the company has grown into a conglomerate, comprising not just its business in reusable rockets but also satellite internet service Starlink and xAI.
—Sean Conlon,yun Li, CNBC, 12 June 2026
Miami-Dade Corrections The arrests coincide with the launch of the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office human trafficking task force, comprising 70 law enforcement agencies, including state and federal partners, ahead of the FIFA World Cup games.
—Anna McAllister, CBS News, 11 June 2026
The gift will be recognized by establishing the Nick Howley College of Engineering and Computing, which will be the largest of Drexel’s academic units, comprising the School of Engineering, School of Computer and Information Sciences and School of Biomedical Engineering and Science.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
One of its flagship ventures is the Stargate UAE project, comprising a 1-gigawatt compute cluster, which forms part of a bigger campus that will provide up to 5 gigawatts of computing power for AI data centres in Abu Dhabi.
—Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprising
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Now Yan and his colleagues have developed an acoustic synapse containing multiple phi-bits.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
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Evidence Of Ancient Solstice Ceremonies The excavations at Bulford revealed 48 pits containing pottery, animal bone, worked flints and charcoal.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Verb
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In some world models, the element of time is integral, constituting a fourth dimension.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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However, despite constituting only about 2 percent of body mass, the human brain is proportionally heavier than that of most other mammals.—
Manjishtha Bhattacharyya,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 May 2026
Verb
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This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
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Many of those individuals were accused of violent crimes, including homicide, assault, burglary and drug offenses, according to the agency.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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That provided a unique challenge for its composing team, Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
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The consequences are showing up in classrooms, on college campuses, and increasingly in entry-level workplaces, where managers report that young hires struggle with everything from making eye contact during a conversation to composing a coherent professional email.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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However, the edges of these disks may have temperatures and conditions akin to the planet-forming protoplanetary disks found around infant stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 June 2026
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But with this illusion of ease comes a lack of interaction, which is an essential part of forming relationships, according to Eastwick.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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“Comprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprising. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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