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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
Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
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Xander Zellner, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2026
At an investor day in November, Western Union noted 80% growth in its Consumer Services business – comprising online bill payments, travel money, insurance and prepaid cards – since 2022.
—Daniel Webber, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Beyond Mboko, Jović explained that there is a sorority comprising the up-and-coming WTA players.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2026
The look is grown up, a little hot liberal arts professor, comprising a navy cotton-poplin overcoat, a grey cashmere knit, a shirt, woollen trousers, and lime-green Collapse sneakers.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2026
The company will also release a dedicated, limited-edition merch capsule comprising beanies and a shell suit, to be sold exclusively in Iceland with prices ranging from 43 euros to 595 euros.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
Rescue teams, comprising experts from SARA, HM Coastguard Chepstow, and Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, worked together to lower a firefighter to the ledge where the dog was trapped.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The suspects were identified and arrested by a task force comprising multiple agencies across Colorado and the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office in California.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The 2025 British series Adolescence has wowed critics and audiences with its conceit of each episode comprising a single take, but star Stephen Graham was already quite familiar with this approach thanks to Boiling Point.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
Xander Zellner, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2026
At an investor day in November, Western Union noted 80% growth in its Consumer Services business – comprising online bill payments, travel money, insurance and prepaid cards – since 2022.
—Daniel Webber, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Beyond Mboko, Jović explained that there is a sorority comprising the up-and-coming WTA players.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2026
The look is grown up, a little hot liberal arts professor, comprising a navy cotton-poplin overcoat, a grey cashmere knit, a shirt, woollen trousers, and lime-green Collapse sneakers.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2026
The company will also release a dedicated, limited-edition merch capsule comprising beanies and a shell suit, to be sold exclusively in Iceland with prices ranging from 43 euros to 595 euros.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
Rescue teams, comprising experts from SARA, HM Coastguard Chepstow, and Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, worked together to lower a firefighter to the ledge where the dog was trapped.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The suspects were identified and arrested by a task force comprising multiple agencies across Colorado and the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office in California.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
The 2025 British series Adolescence has wowed critics and audiences with its conceit of each episode comprising a single take, but star Stephen Graham was already quite familiar with this approach thanks to Boiling Point.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comprising
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The light is then guided using ultra-precise mirrors and reflected off a mask containing the pattern for one layer of the chip, which is then shrunk and projected onto a silicon wafer.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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There are protections in the bill against releasing images containing personally identifying or other sensitive information.—
Meghan O’Brien,
States Newsroom,
29 Jan. 2026
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Difficulty breathing, seizures, excessive bleeding, shock, poisoning, heatstroke and snake bites are some of the more obvious situations constituting an emergency.—
Lisa Bloch,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Between February 2024 and October 2025, the number of American adults who reported taking GLP-1s for weight loss more than doubled, constituting roughly 12% of the population, according to Gallup polling.—
Christina Stiehl,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2026
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More than 28 million people across the Southeast are under winter storm watches and warnings, including parts of northern Georgia, the Carolinas and southern Virginia.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reported receiving several high-value gifts, including a $3,700 bronze statue from his Indian counterpart, binoculars worth $2,950 from his Qatari counterpart and a $1,300 watercolor painting from the prime minister of Iraq.—
MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Due to the Los Angeles wildfires, he was trapped in Montana for a week without plans and started composing before the film had even officially secured a financing deal.—
Matthew Huff,
Vanity Fair,
27 Jan. 2026
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Peter Bawiec handles sound design, with Aghi Narottama composing the score and Tony Merle providing music.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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Charli’s version of herself, though, is a fascinating creation — self-deprecating, yes, and laughing at herself, but with the clinical distance of a telescope lasered onto a forming star.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Bromeliads like to have water added to the surface of the soil as well as the center of those with cup-forming leaves.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Comprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprising. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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