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as in to comprise
to be all the substance of
nine players constitute a baseball team
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as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
a fund was constituted to help needy students attend the prep school
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as in to appoint
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the legally constituted authorities with jurisdiction in this matter
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as in to enact
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
charged with enforcing such regulations as are constituted by the government
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Recent Examples of constitute
According to court documents, Yves Bouvier purchased the work for $60 million privately from Sotheby’s, then sold it to Dmitry Rybolovlev for $85 million, part of the series of markups that constituted the alleged scam.
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Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Most recently, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has suggested that surrogacy is human trafficking and constitutes modern-day slavery.
—Ann Marie Luft, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Florida law constitutes tracking another person’s movement or location using a device without their consent as a third-degree felony.
—Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
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Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Most recently, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has suggested that surrogacy is human trafficking and constitutes modern-day slavery.
—Ann Marie Luft, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Florida law constitutes tracking another person’s movement or location using a device without their consent as a third-degree felony.
—Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constitute
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These former officials now comprise the nonpartisan EEO Leaders organization, which analyzes Administration actions impacting equal employment opportunity.—
Michelle Travis,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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The massive stage comprised three ramps extending the length of a football field that were frequently alight in a Candyland of colors and two oversized video screens flanking a metallic structure that looked like an inverted ski jump.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Dylan's older brother, Ashten, has since established a GoFundMe to help support Dylan and his family pay their rent during this challenging time, noting that Dylan has lost out on work and income during his recovery.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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The board’s five-part plan establishes a timeline to follow and directs district staff to execute some steps, including naming the new chief at the start of the new school year and the price tag of the search.—
Natalie La Roche Pietri,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
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Kennedy appointed eight new members, including some who have been skeptical about vaccines.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Club icon Martin O’Neill was twice appointed as interim manager and, at the age of 74, this was his fourth league title with the team - coming 22 years after his previous one.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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No pattern enacted on these buttons will safely land a four-hundred-ton jetliner, flaring and bouncing and settling heavily onto its twenty-two wheels while the spoilers on the wings snap up and the jets scream in reverse and the passengers sigh in relief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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If the White House proposal is enacted as is, OSIRIS-APEX would be among more than 50 missions canceled.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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And why in the world would anyone composing after the Second World War reëmbrace the long-irrelevant late-Romantic idiom of Puccini and Strauss, with its lush harmonies, rich orchestration, and powerful melodies?—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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The irony is that automation, in this case AI, can be prompted to stir people to believe that something is AI-written in how the item is composed, and can also be prompted to fool people into believing something must absolutely be human-written, even though it was prepared by AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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The settlement agreement that initiated the fund gave the acting attorney general 30 days to create the entity and appoint five commissioners to run it.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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The security footage showed Abdullah reaching for his radio to initiate lockdown protocols while still engaged in a gunbattle, Wahl said.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
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But perhaps Powell will be best remembered as a target – of angry tweets, speeches, and ultimately a criminal investigation, by the very president who nominated him in the first place.—
Kenny Malone,
NPR,
15 May 2026
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Chet’la Sebree is the author of Blue Opening, Field Study, winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and Mistress, selected by Cathy Park Hong as the winner of the New Issues Poetry Prize and nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work-Poetry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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Two of Rubén’s older sons, who married Russian acrobats during international stints, broke off and founded their own troupe as Circus Caballero.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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