constituted

past tense of constitute
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Recent Examples of constituted Thompson asserted that the monitoring constituted unreasonable search and seizure, but a federal appeals court denied his claim last year. ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Colonial armies fought in every theater and constituted some of the forces deployed during the war. Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026 Scholars have shown that law and society are mutually constituted, that legal rights spill into social relations and flow from them. Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 In a statement carried by Iranian state media IRIB, the ministry said the attacks violated the United Nations Charter and constituted a war crime and a threat to international peace and commercial shipping. Gabrielle Khoriaty, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026 The statements made about Skains in that letter were false and constituted defamation for which she should be compensated, the jury decided Friday. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026 It’s uniquely constructed and Denver hopes it’s also uniquely constituted to thrive despite a gauntlet of a regular-season schedule, a deep playoff run and, ultimately, a Super Bowl championship. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2026 Engineers reviewed the process and defined what constituted success, while hardware safeguards such as operating limits, interlocks and emergency stops restricted what the agent could do. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 The court also heard testimony from Christine Reglin, a special agent with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, who maintained that the agency didn’t think Fatherley’s actions that night constituted a crime. Sofi Zeman august 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constituted
Verb
  • In jail, Barisone read through tens of thousands of pages of discovery documents, much of which comprised Kanarek’s postings and electronic communications.
    Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • This year’s jury comprised Spain’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Carla Simón (Alcarrás), Italian director and editor Sara Fgaier and Hania Mroué, director of Metropolis, the historic arthouse cinema in Beirut.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Contour Circuits, founded by Secor and former graduate student Jeremy Rurup, received a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer contract to advance the technology.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • At Micam, curation takes place in sections like the Emerging Designer event area, founded in 2018.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Since then, the Big Ten has appointed a neutral clock operator, instead of one appointed by the home team.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Judge Joseph Weiner was transferred from the West Los Angeles Immigration Court and Judge Bayleigh Pettigrew was appointed in May as part of the largest class in the agency’s history.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Russia and Ukraine have enacted a 72-hour temporary truce for the duration of the US envoys’ visits, specifically halting airstrikes on each other’s capitals, Kyiv and Moscow.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Alpine car came alive during qualifying, which was dominated by drivers seeking tows from other cars to minimize the drag factor being enacted on their cars on the long Monza straights.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The character is composed of only the broadest of strokes, thinly defined by toughness, trauma, and uncomfortable motherhood, runoff of the stew that formed characters like Ripley.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The second saw Isak recalibrate his run in behind a couple of times before latching onto Gakpo’s trivela pass, staying composed as a defender and Scherpen got close before sliding a shot home with his left foot.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This turns the tables on them, with one of crypto's biggest and most established companies working to appeal to wealthy investors who may want options with a range of strategies and asset classes.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • What distinguished their negotiations was that Kissinger and Zhou each established a true intellectual appreciation for the other as a partner.
    Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This season of South Park was also nominated for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (losing to Julie Andrews for Bridgerton), and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (losing to Andrew Bird’s song for The Pitt).
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • He was nominated to the Supreme Court, 11 months before the next election, in the final year of President Obama’s term.
    NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Thirteen seasons have passed since Metallica released their latest album, 72 Seasons — whose title represents the first 18 years of a person’s life — and the band is planning on extending its M72 Tour in support of the album at least a few more.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
  • While the billionaire tax held a slim majority, so did two other measures on the ballot that would each, if passed, counteract the tax.
    Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Constituted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constituted. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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