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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
Objective beyond aviation Reportedly, the aircraft’s original Lycoming IO-540 engine was replaced with a high-tech propulsion suite comprising twin low-temperature PEM fuel cells, a MagniX electric motor, and a lithium-ion booster battery.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
Minerva Pictures is a boutique distributor of mostly elevated genre films, with a library comprising nearly 2,500 titles including some Italian gems that marked an era.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 12 May 2026
He was selected by a jury led by Biennale president Jitish Kallat and additionally comprising Shilpa Gupta, Amrita Jhaveri, Pooja Sood, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Mariam Ram, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 May 2026
Part of a shortlist of five finalists that included Betty Adii, Dzikra Afifah, Ipeh Nur and Mira Rizki, Suci was singled out by a jury comprising also curator Amanda Ariawan, gallerist Megan Arlin, collector Evelyn Halim and artist Melati Suryodarmo, in addition to Alemani and Lau.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
The Flaws will be the big winner while ORF-ZDF’s Buried and Sheep have won the short-form award and the critics choice award will be selected at the event by a jury comprising Arabella Wintermayr, Patrick Heidmann and Dominik Porschen.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 May 2026
In January, GameStop outlined a compensation package for Cohen comprising stock options tied to performance targets, including market capitalization and earnings thresholds.
—Yun Li,anniek Bao,annie Palmer, CNBC, 4 May 2026
The Biennale contemporary art exhibition is the world's oldest and most important, comprising a main exhibition alongside national pavilions, which are curated separately by the participating nations.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
As of late February, the review found that the Justice Department has taken down more than 47,000 files comprising about 65,500 pages.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
Minerva Pictures is a boutique distributor of mostly elevated genre films, with a library comprising nearly 2,500 titles including some Italian gems that marked an era.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 12 May 2026
He was selected by a jury led by Biennale president Jitish Kallat and additionally comprising Shilpa Gupta, Amrita Jhaveri, Pooja Sood, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Mariam Ram, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 May 2026
Part of a shortlist of five finalists that included Betty Adii, Dzikra Afifah, Ipeh Nur and Mira Rizki, Suci was singled out by a jury comprising also curator Amanda Ariawan, gallerist Megan Arlin, collector Evelyn Halim and artist Melati Suryodarmo, in addition to Alemani and Lau.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
The Flaws will be the big winner while ORF-ZDF’s Buried and Sheep have won the short-form award and the critics choice award will be selected at the event by a jury comprising Arabella Wintermayr, Patrick Heidmann and Dominik Porschen.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 May 2026
In January, GameStop outlined a compensation package for Cohen comprising stock options tied to performance targets, including market capitalization and earnings thresholds.
—Yun Li,anniek Bao,annie Palmer, CNBC, 4 May 2026
The Biennale contemporary art exhibition is the world's oldest and most important, comprising a main exhibition alongside national pavilions, which are curated separately by the participating nations.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
As of late February, the review found that the Justice Department has taken down more than 47,000 files comprising about 65,500 pages.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprising
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Boxes from the White House, some containing classified material, had been found crammed into a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago, next to a toilet and below a crystal chandelier.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Planters containing other trees and perennials, including hazel, hawthorn, field maples, ferns, and grasses, will continue the forest theme through the colonnade to the main entrance.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
Verb
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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
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At its independence in 1960-1961, the two territories reunited and formed a federal state, with the French-speaking section constituting about 80% both in territory and population.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Glossip has received public support both nationally and internationally, including from celebrities like Kim Kardashian.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The content surrounding the campaign has drawn praise from a handful of celebrities, including reality star/entrepreneur Paris Hilton, actor Taylor Lautner and celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Brothers Daniel and Adrián Aguirre love nothing more than making music together, composing melodies and writing powerful lyrics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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The songs are by composing legend Mike Stoller, now 93, and a master tunesmith during the era in which much of the story spans.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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The cells grow around and through the mesh, forming a stable connection between biological tissue and electronic components.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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Nugent explained that the mergers may prefer more star-forming and less massive galaxies as host environments, unlike core collapse supernovas which tend to occur in more stellar-dense massive galaxies.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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“Comprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprising. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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