constituting

present participle of constitute
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Recent Examples of constituting First-act setups extend through the majority of the 108-minute runtime, constituting a plotless meander without the aesthetic allure to justify such a languid journey. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 The states argue that Meta withheld relevant information from users and parents, who might have benefited from knowing the ineffectiveness of the feature and others like it, constituting a violation of consumer protection laws. John Ruwitch, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 The Hall of Fame inducts its four newest members, constituting the Class of 2024, at its annual ceremony held in Cooperstown, NY. Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 Varela alleges the employee hit his hand and his phone, constituting an assault. Thom Jensen, NBC news, 20 July 2026 In some world models, the element of time is integral, constituting a fourth dimension. Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 20 May 2026 However, despite constituting only about 2 percent of body mass, the human brain is proportionally heavier than that of most other mammals. Manjishtha Bhattacharyya, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026 At its independence in 1960-1961, the two territories reunited and formed a federal state, with the French-speaking section constituting about 80% both in territory and population. ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Over 1 million civilians have been displaced by fighting in the south of the country, constituting around one-fifth of the country’s population. David Miliband, Time, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constituting
Verb
  • The House and Senate could pass different versions of PCSA, which could lead to the formation of a conference committee comprising members—known as conferees—from both chambers.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Global Times reported that CCTV showed China’s Atlas drone-swarm operations system in March, comprising the Swarm-2 ground combat vehicle, a command vehicle and a support vehicle.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Those visuals will go a long way in establishing him as a bona fide baddie.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Alpha has achieved several successful launches, but setbacks and failures have kept Firefly from establishing a routine launch cadence.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Another important step is appointing internal champions who can guide adoption across teams.
    Tal Dagan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In English football’s relatively short history of appointing sporting directors, or directors of football, very few have generated such scrutiny or discussion as Hughes did at Liverpool.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Tomlin, Fonda and Parton played a trio of secretaries who took revenge on their sexist boss by kidnapping him and enacting changes in the workplace in his name.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The appeal came less than 24 hours after Talwani issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking parts of USPS’s new rule enacting new guardrails on mail-in voting in the name of election security.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • De Vlieger continued his work as Thys through collaborations with Amon Tobin, composing for film, contemporary dance and fashion and writing for instrumental ensembles and electronic music projects.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Countless hours since last December were spent writing scripts, doing voices, writing and composing pieces of original music, editing, and, of course, animating.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Chesney, who replaced Cignetti at James Madison, is initiating the same psychological renovation at UCLA.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • League officials said the Clippers violated salary cap rules by initiating off-court income opportunities and facilitating endorsement agreements for Kawhi Leonard, who was also fined $700,000.
    Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Voters also will be nominating candidates for the entire state Legislature, where Republicans hold a roughly 40-vote majority in the 400-member House and outnumber Democrats in the Senate 16-8.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • And in the event that Chris Hansen is indeed the role that finally lands the actor a nomination, in a very literal sense, the Academy will also be nominating him for The Odyssey.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Clerc’s rationale was centered on the Houthis recent tendencies to mainly target Saudi Arabian vessels passing through the strait.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Preserving the family farm has been a pretext for passing ever larger exemptions to the estate tax, to the point that a married couple can now pass on $30 million to heirs tax-free.
    Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Constituting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constituting. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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