constituted

past tense of constitute
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Recent Examples of constituted Johnson, the East Moline Democrat who spurned membership on the working group, noted it was constituted by lawmakers who had publicly spoken out in support of Welch in the fallout over his handling of the Benton scandal. Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 In 1970 people with tenure or tenure-track jobs constituted 73% of those teaching at colleges and universities. Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 The waters around Sicily, which was colonized by the ancient Greeks and later conquered by the Romans around 240 BC, constituted one of the ancient world’s most important trade routes. Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 The next day, the Pac-12 filed a declaratory action in federal court, arguing that the poaching penalties constituted an unlawful restraint on competition. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Teams that, as currently constituted, feel one piece short of really challenging in the postseason. Tim Britton, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 Seabrook’s primary focus was on Vodou aka voodoo rituals, which had long constituted an underground religious practice amongst populations outwardly accepting of Catholicism. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026 Judge Glazer noted that the phone call constituted a violation of the order, and the arrest report states McKinney asked the woman to recant her allegations of abuse. Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Zaidi wouldn’t comment on specific players or club personnel, only to note that the Sparks cannot grow as constituted. Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constituted
Verb
  • The zaobanchu during Qianlong’s reign comprised nearly one thousand artisans, who worked out of fear to serve the demands of the insatiable emperor who would sometimes dole out severe punishments, like taking away a year’s salary.
    Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The testing phase comprised 53 separate commissioning procedures broken into 308 individual chapters.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The company, founded in 1995, has grown through a combination of scale and acquisitions, building an operation that spans much of the food supply chain.
    Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The province of Ontario, founded in 1867, took its name from the lake.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.
    Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Glasner sought the advice of former Forest midfielder Andy Reid — who has been appointed as the head of football development this summer — to ask which of the young players were ready to be involved in Portugal.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Since Australia's law came into force, countries including Canada, Brazil and Indonesia have enacted bans too, while many other countries are studying or developing laws.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Only a dozen other states – New Jersey, New York, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Georgia, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and West Virginia – have enacted their own versions.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But the group had learned of the Phantom Orchestra, a group in Tbilisi, the capital of what is now Georgia, composed of musicians, poets and activists who had been barred from leaving the Soviet Union.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Bookended by drone shots of the Macedonian countryside and a somber cello refrain by Novogradska, this 86-minute doc is otherwise composed of scoreless interviews with subjects seated in front of black curtains and captured in medium range.
    Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The organization works to champion aspiring and established storytellers by providing events and services, enhancing public awareness and participation and encouraging community partnerships.
    Isabelle Farina, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Nor have the researchers yet established the process’s industrial environmental or economic balance.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For 16 consecutive years, the biggest brand in the genre couldn’t even get nominated — from 2007 through 2022.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Fabares was twice nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • From the moment Billie learns about Sophie-Rose, the teenager who inherited her legendary fake ID after it was already passed down to multiple other Gen-Z blondes, she’s obsessed.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That's a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that passed through the vital waterway daily before the war began.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Constituted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constituted. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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