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as in containing
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in constituting
to be all the substance of
at the time, about 100,000 fighting men and women comprised our military force in that country
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Recent Examples of comprising
The National Bank of Poland was the largest buyer in Q2, with gold now comprising 13% of their total reserves.
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Bob Haber, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
How fun the designer seemed to be having when comprising the looks at their respective shows.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
Until these recent disclosures—comprising more than 3,000 individual files—observers could mostly just speculate about the goals, specific methods and tradecraft, and bureaucratic procedures driving contemporary Russian disinformation campaigns.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
Bob Haber, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
How fun the designer seemed to be having when comprising the looks at their respective shows.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
Until these recent disclosures—comprising more than 3,000 individual files—observers could mostly just speculate about the goals, specific methods and tradecraft, and bureaucratic procedures driving contemporary Russian disinformation campaigns.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
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Suicidal ideation has already been added as a possible side effect in the product information for two drugs containing finasteride — Propecia and Proscar.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Only rarely would baked goods or other food items containing washed poppy seeds trigger positive drug tests, doctors who have studied the issue said.David Hilzenrath, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price had not released any information about the case beyond the charges themselves as of Friday morning, including any affidavits outlining her office’s justification for seeking each arrest warrant.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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This campaign relied on advanced techniques to penetrate these firms' systems for months and then compromise information, including calling metadata and the contents of unencrypted text messages.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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The tune is the second that Cave, who has been composing film scores with his creative partner Warren Ellis for years, has contributed to a movie soundtrack this year.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Romeo + Juliet is your first time composing for Broadway.Ilana Kaplan, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Comprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprising. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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