as in comprising
to be made up of
those cookies consist of flour, butter, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla
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Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.—
Xander Zellner,
Billboard,
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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
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In May 2004, police recovered three suitcases containing various body parts of a White male, per The Star-Ledger.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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On Sunday, a bag containing the items was found at the school.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Eleven years before that, defending national champion Marquette returned four starters, including the consensus player of the year.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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International regulators are increasingly cooperating to evaluate the safety of new small modular reactor (SMR) designs being developed in Europe, including projects from Finland and France.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Consisting (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consisting%20%28of%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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