comprise

Example Sentences

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Though much of southern Lebanon is predominantly Shiite, Kfar Chouba and its neighbors comprise a pocket of Christian, Druze and Sunni Muslim communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Total orders for durable goods—which comprise goods meant to last three years or more— were $315.5 billion in February, down 1.4% from January’s $319.9 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

In the growth sector, index funds hold large positions in tech companies that thrive by creating demand for their products, and the winners offset the losers that also comprise the index.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The company’s optical circuit switches, co-packaged optics solutions and transceivers currently comprise a quarter of its total revenues — but it projects that these three areas will drive 60% of total revenue in two years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions—we can alter the way we thin-slice—by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell