compose
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And because I compose my music on the guitar, I translate it then to the orchestra sound, and the first movement is called ‘The Pursuit.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
D’Ornano oversaw product research, helping to compose some of Sisley’s most iconic skin-care creams and scents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Imagine thinking you're playing for Spurs and then for Man City, and then somehow you have to stay at Liverpool and compose yourself, and still perform.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Magotsi's eyes are filled with tears as he struggles to compose himself.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A person could compose music, design a doghouse, and...something more, something even better.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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She quickly stops laughing and composes herself to tell us the story that inspired her to champion a law banning child marriage in Sierra Leone, which came into effect in 2024.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
This is the reverse of many professionals who edit—or copy and paste—whatever an AI tool composes in response to a prompt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
In the early number “Make a Wish,” Kimberly composes her letter to the Make a Wish foundation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
He specifically cites the way Pop Crave composes its posts, saying that there is specific psychology to the way its feed operates and rallies its massive follower base.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2024
A few, I can tell by the elaborateness of the smile he composes and aims.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Musicians composed marineras, the traditional dance of Peru’s northern coast, in his honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
World number eight Noskova was composed throughout and broke Gauff's serve four times in the first set alone.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
In October, British Airways announced that the top level of the two-tier A380 would be entirely composed of premium seats.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
He also ran a music production company and composed classical stage music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
As I walked, I mentally composed the next section of my latest Arlington News installment.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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“I need to be cautious about wording since price-fixing could raise legal issues,” a GPT-5 agent noted in its internal chain-of-thought log while composing an email to a competitor.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
He was unappreciated for much of his life—even hissed at in performance—and at times gave up composing entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
It was created by the street artist Frank Styles, who hand-sprayed it as four separate works before composing them into a single image across all 58 of the site's Spanish Steps.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Nasa says he’s not sure what he’ll do now that he’s graduated, but one thing he’s interested in is composing for musical theater — or possibly scoring films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Kind of. I mean, not exactly. But Ms. Holly pushed me to start composing, and she gave me blank sheet music last year. I still have it.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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