comprise
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Roughly 85 percent of water systems serve communities of fewer than 50,000, communities that together comprise less than 10 percent of the entire U.S. population.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
U.S. revenues now comprise 81% of the overall business, up from 73% last year, Palantir CFO David Glazer told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The second camp, though, seems to comprise the league’s newer owners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Affiliate nominees must comprise at least 5% of Labour's affiliated membership and include two unions, a group that includes GMB, Unite and Unison.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Why, as Arthur Eddington liked to ask, do the nuclei that comprise my elbow not slide effortlessly through the nuclei that comprise the table?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The Buss family trust comprises of Jerry Buss' six children, with Jeanie serving as the governor of the Lakers since her father's death in 2013.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Lilly’s GLP-1 franchise, which includes Zepbound/Mounjaro and Foundayo, comprises 65% of its sales.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The group -- which comprises 14 brands including Fiat, Opel, Citroen, Peugeot and Jeep -- reported sales of 43.5 billion euros for March to June, up 13 percent year-on-year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In fact, those who were born in the 1950s, which comprises the majority of the baby boom generation, have shifted to the Democrats, especially the women.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
In Newspeak it is called doublethink, although doublethink comprises much else as well.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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According to data from Circana, they comprised 1.6% of women’s total footwear sales for the 12 months ending in June; that was a bit up from 1.4% a year ago.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“It is shocking that Defendants think installing a Board of Directors comprised primarily of Nexstar executives would not create influence over Tegna management,” Nunley wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the process, McElwee creates a patchwork tapestry, comprised of vignettes across time.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Software debt comprised 17% of institutional investor debt in MSCI’s data set by late 2025, up from 12% in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
They comprised olives, figs, dates, pomegranates, and grapes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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We queried experts across sports medicine, personal training and physical therapy to devise easy routines comprising simple exercises you can do at home to test and train your balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Disney said in a statement it will make available Marvel, Star Wars and other content comprising "memorable scenes and moments from Disney movies and shows."
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
LXP Industrial owns a portfolio of modern warehouse and logistics facilities across the U.S., comprising approximately 53 million square feet across 108 properties in markets including the Sunbelt and Midwest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The number of leveraged ETF launches in particular surged in June to 117, comprising almost half the total 239 exchange-traded funds launched that month in the U.S., according to data provided by Morningstar.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The sixty-six highest-ranked wrestlers in Japan, comprising the makuuchi and juryo divisions, make up the sumo elite.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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