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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
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.
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Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 9 June 2026
This year Rocca has introduced a Short Film Competition section comprising eleven works connected to Sicily through their stories and themes.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 4 June 2026
The 32-game bowl lineup on ESPN consists of all of its postseason games outside of the six bowls comprising the CFP.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 3 June 2026
The Brecon, originally built in 1914 and now comprising 18 rooms and four suites, parallels Singer’s approach to artistically blending past and present.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 1 June 2026
The word is a noun meaning the commander of a lochus, a small division of an ancient Greek army comprising about 100 to 200 men, according to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Researchers debuted an inventory for classifying apocalyptic belief, comprising anthropogenic causality, theogenic causality, imminence, personal control, and the question of whether the end is a good or bad thing.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Additionally, anyone concerned about the electric model comprising the notable Ferrari sound need not fear.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Coordination leaders must conduct an orchestra comprising a broad set of workforce and education leaders playing their own instruments with their own set of incentives, funding formulas, politics, and segment of the labor market.
—Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 9 June 2026
This year Rocca has introduced a Short Film Competition section comprising eleven works connected to Sicily through their stories and themes.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 4 June 2026
The 32-game bowl lineup on ESPN consists of all of its postseason games outside of the six bowls comprising the CFP.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 3 June 2026
The Brecon, originally built in 1914 and now comprising 18 rooms and four suites, parallels Singer’s approach to artistically blending past and present.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 1 June 2026
The word is a noun meaning the commander of a lochus, a small division of an ancient Greek army comprising about 100 to 200 men, according to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Researchers debuted an inventory for classifying apocalyptic belief, comprising anthropogenic causality, theogenic causality, imminence, personal control, and the question of whether the end is a good or bad thing.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Additionally, anyone concerned about the electric model comprising the notable Ferrari sound need not fear.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Coordination leaders must conduct an orchestra comprising a broad set of workforce and education leaders playing their own instruments with their own set of incentives, funding formulas, politics, and segment of the labor market.
—Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprising
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Officials provided no information on crews’ progress in containing the blaze.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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New analysis published today by the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) reveals there are over 621 trillion miles of fungal pathways containing around 300 megatons of carbon within Earth’s topsoils.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
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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
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The high court has previously upheld other methods of execution throughout the country, including lethal injection, electrocution and firing squad, but nitrogen gas has been the subject of intense litigation since Alabama became the first state in the nation to begin using it in early 2024.—
Abigail Brooks,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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The store is 8,000 square feet with plenty of options to choose from as far as merch goes, including jerseys, Funko Pops, soccer balls and more.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 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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The magic behind the work of Rick Dick, who is from Maremma, a rural area in Tuscany, and is in his forties, is the synergy between his skill for composing an image and his savviness for identifying the right moment.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
10 June 2026
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Meanwhile, in swabs from the mummy’s skin, Sarhan and his colleagues found bacteria like Methylobaderium and Sphingomonas, both known for being resilient in tough environments and for forming biofilms.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2026
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The first season followed Skinner's closeted character, aptly named Benny, arriving at the fictional Yates University for his first year of college and quickly forming a friendship with Carmen (Wally Baram).—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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“Comprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprising. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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