as in comprising
to be made up of
those cookies consist of flour, butter, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla
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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.—
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
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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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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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“Consisting (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consisting%20%28of%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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