as in to comprise
to be made up of
those cookies consist of flour, butter, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla
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The results of his project comprise the Heinz Gaube Lebanese Architectural Photographs Collection, housed at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) and available via JSTOR.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
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Some of her research comprises little more than yearbooks’ blooper reels, and that’s all right by me.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Comparable in size to the Arc de Triomphe, the Porte Monumentale also contained surface ornamentation based on Haeckel’s exacting lifelong documentation of organisms to be found in the world’s oceans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Along with the remains, deputies found a backpack with clothes inside, a water bottle and a diary that didn’t contain any writing that helped in identifying the woman, according to a news release by the DNA Doe Project.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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House District 25 includes parts of Crawford, Franklin and Washington counties.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Oct. 2025
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Hurricane warnings are in effect in large cities, including Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo in the eastern region, the NHC said in its latest update.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Consist (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consist%20%28of%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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